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== How to break out of a frozen program == | == How to break out of a frozen program == | ||
# open task manager by pressing the Ctrl-Shift-Esc keys | # open task manager by pressing the Ctrl-Shift-Esc keys on the keyboard | ||
# find the program you want to close (read all the ones that it shows you, and pick the one you need. If [[CCMDB.accdb]] is the offender, the line will be something similar to "Microsoft Access" | # find the program you want to close (read all the ones that it shows you, and pick the one you need. If [[CCMDB.accdb]] is the offender, the line will be something similar to "Microsoft Access" | ||
# right click on that line, and then on "End Task" | # right click on that line, and then on "End Task" | ||
Revision as of 12:24, 2020 May 20
This page describes how to break out of a locked or frozen program. Only do this when something goes wrong. Exiting this way may lead to data or program corruption so you should only do it if the normal way of leaving a program doesn't work.
How to break out of a frozen program
- open task manager by pressing the Ctrl-Shift-Esc keys on the keyboard
- find the program you want to close (read all the ones that it shows you, and pick the one you need. If CCMDB.accdb is the offender, the line will be something similar to "Microsoft Access"
- right click on that line, and then on "End Task"
- close out of task manager
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