One of the new features of Windows 11 is the ability to end programs directly from the taskbar, without opening the Task Manager. This can be useful if you want to quickly close an unresponsive program or free up some memory or CPU resources. In this blog post, we will show you how to use this feature and what its advantages and limitations are.
To end a program via the taskbar, you must right-click on its icon and select “End Task” from the context menu.
Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut Shift + F10 and then press E.
This will send a signal to the program to terminate properly, which means that it will try to save unsaved data and close all open files or connections. However, this may not work if the program is frozen or corrupted, in which case you may need to use the Task Manager to force it to terminate.
The advantage of terminating a program via the taskbar is that it is faster and more convenient than opening the Task Manager and searching for the program in the process list. It also reduces the risk of accidentally terminating an incorrect program or system process that may cause instability or data loss. However, there are also some drawbacks.
For example, you cannot see how much memory or CPU a program is using before terminating it, which may affect your decision. You also cannot terminate several programs at once or terminate programs running in the background without an icon in the taskbar.
Therefore, ending programs through the taskbar is a useful feature for simple and quick tasks, but it does not replace the Task Manager, which offers more control and information. You should use it with caution and only when you are sure that you want to end a program and that it will not cause any problems. We hope this blog post has helped you understand how to use this feature and what its advantages and disadvantages are.
Windows users are familiar with the frustration of frozen programs that refuse to respond. While Microsoft provides some built-in tools to solve this problem, such as Task Manager, they are not always easy to access or use. For example, Task Manager no longer opens directly with the Ctrl+Alt+Del shortcut; you must click on several options before you can end a program.
Fortunately, Windows has recently reintroduced an easier and faster way to close unresponsive applications from the taskbar. All you have to do is right-click on the program button and select “End Task”. This will force the program to close without saving any data from open files. This feature was available in previous versions of Windows, but was removed with Windows 11 for some reason.
This is a useful tip for dealing with crashed programs, but remember to save your work frequently and back up your important files. You never know when a program might freeze or crash.
