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Q&A: How can I get my PC to shut down immediately without having to click ‘Shut down anyway’ when an app is stuck?

Posted on January 17, 2018

Question from Emil P.:  Ever since I updated my computer to Windows 10 it’s been hanging up at shutdown.

It displays a window saying that the system is closing X number of apps and shutting down.

But then it says that an app is preventing Windows from shutting down and asks if I want to shut down anyway or click cancel.

Sometimes it will name the app that’s hanging the shutdown but sometimes it won’t.

This is a screenshot of one of these messages:  [Read more…]

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