How To terminate Programs in Windows 10, (Unresponsive, Hanged or Frozen)?

The solution is simple to terminate Unresponsive, Hanged or Frozen programs in

Windows 10!

Content:
1.) ... Terminate programs over the Windows 10 Task Manager!
2.) ... Kill the Frozen Programs via Windows-10 TASKKILL!
3.) ... Close Hanged Programs via the Freeware ProcessKO!

1.) Terminate programs over the Windows 10 Task Manager!

Press the Windows 10 keyboard shortcut [Windows+Shift+ESC] to start the Windows 10 Task Manager.

Please click on "more details" (... see Image-1 Arrow-2) to see all the programs and information in the Task Manager!

To restart a program, please click the right mouse button on the appropriate program! In this example it is the MS-Explorer! You can "Restart" the program (... see Image-1 Arrow-5) , or close e.g. kill the program with the option "End Task"

(Image-1) Terminate or Restart Programs in Windows-10!

Terminate o Restart Programs in Windows-10!

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2.) Kill the Frozen Programs via Windows-10 TASKKILL!

Start the CMD via Windows-X menu in Windows 10 (Keyboard Shortcut Windows-Logo + X)

Example 1: Kill the Windows-10 MS-Explorer and start again!

How to start cmd in Admin mode : ... Run Windows 10 command prompt (cmd.exe) in administrator mode!

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]
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C:\Users\User1>taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
SUCCESS: The process "explorer.exe" with PID 2652 has been terminated.

C:\Users\User1>explorer.exe

C:\Users\User1>

Example 2: batch file to restart the Windows 10 File Explorer
Download ... restart_explorer.bat



taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
timeout 2
explorer.exe

3.) Close Hanged Programs via the Freeware ProcessKO!

ProcessKO is a famous freeware program that kill hanged and other programs very well in Windows-10 and all other Windows OS. ... read more about ProcessKO!

You can also restart windows-10 programs or processes with ProcessKO!
Read this ... restart windows programs or processes with ProcessKO?

(Image-2) Use ProcessKO to terminate Programs in Windows-10!

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