How can windows task manager close frozen program which we cant by clicking on close button?

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How can windows task manager close frozen program which we cant by clicking on close button?

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When you click the close button, it starts a shutdown process where the program might clean up memory, save state, and other background tasks. If the program is frozen those can’t run, so it doesn’t close.

When you force close, the operating system is killing the process without regard for any shutdown processes.

That’s not 100% always accurate but you can think of it like that in an ELI5 sense.