When a computer starts to freeze or operate slowly and doesn’t respond, ending the task(s) from the task manager usually ends the program and the problem. Why does this work better than simply canceling the task with ALT+F4/pressing the cancel button in the window?
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X’ing out of a program means you are requesting that the program end itself. If the program isn’t working, it may not be able to do anything at all, including closing itself.
Using the Task Manager means you’re asking the computer to close the program. Your computer is still working, even if the program isn’t, so the computer can carry out the close command where the program can’t.
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