Skip Task Manager, enable a hidden Windows setting, and force-close frozen apps directly from the taskbar.

Most of us have had an app freeze at exactly the wrong moment. I used to open Task Manager, hunt through the list, and force it to close. Windows 11 has a much quicker option, though, and it takes ...

In a nutshell: Microsoft has quietly introduced a new Windows feature allowing you to deal with unresponsive applications faster. A new "End Task" option is available directly from the taskbar, ...

Troublesome apps can be terminated using Task Manager, but this feels like an unnecessarily lengthy process to simply kill something. How about a way to achieve the same in just a couple of clicks?

The big picture: Windows 11 offers a ton of hidden features that are still unknown to the vast majority of users. One such function is a handy 'End Task' option that can be accessed by right-clicking ...

Microsoft has added a new feature to Windows 11 that allows you to end tasks directly from the taskbar, but it's turned off by default. While Windows has had a 'Close Window' option when ...