How do you kill a hanging process in Vista?

[Rayquarian]

Pretty much every program hangs at one time or annoying, and it takes too much patience to restart my computer, especially when another program hangs right after reboot.

Oh, and please don't give me any anti-Microsoft stuff today.  I'm not in the mood.

[Kilroy]

Define "hanging". Do you mean Zombie or something? Not responding and won't close?

If you just keep on ending the process, it should eventually go away. If it's simply on the task bar and nowhere else, then just keep closing it. I have to do it with Warcraft all the time.

[Rayquarian]

Define "hanging". Do you mean Zombie or something? Not responding and won't close?

If you just keep on ending the process, it should eventually go away. If it's simply on the task bar and nowhere else, then just keep closing it. I have to do it with Warcraft all the time.

I closed the application window, but the process won't go way, so I can't re-run the application.

[Kilroy]

Define "hanging". Do you mean Zombie or something? Not responding and won't close?

If you just keep on ending the process, it should eventually go away. If it's simply on the task bar and nowhere else, then just keep closing it. I have to do it with Warcraft all the time.

I closed the application window, but the process won't go way, so I can't re-run the application.

Ah. One of my friends told me about this. One, the program is badly programmed, two, you're going to basically have to keep on ending the process/process tree until it goes away. Might take 5-10 minutes, but it will go away.

What programs are doing this?

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Ctrl+Alt+Del>Start Task Manager>Processes> Then select and end the problematic one.

[Smashin]

Unplug your computer.

[えっちーせんぱい]

Unplug your computer.

N00b.

Ctrl+Alt+Del>Start Task Manager>Processes> Then select and end the problematic one.

That works, if you know which one it is.

[L10]

[Smashin]

Unplug your computer.

N00b.

Ctrl+Alt+Del>Start Task Manager>Processes> Then select and end the problematic one.

That works, if you know which one it is.

All I heard was "Blaziken: I'M BLACK Y'ALL I'M BLACK Y'ALL I'M BLACKITY BLACKITY BLACK Y'ALL ".

[BOSSNIG]

Kill the process in task manager.

[Dark Dragon]

Use a shotgun and if that does not work. snipe it. XD XP

Kidding now here one: Ctrl, Alt, Delete

[extraz]

I usually just go upstairs and use my XP computer

[Miiman56]

Unplug your computer.

N00b.

Ctrl+Alt+Del>Start Task Manager>Processes> Then select and end the problematic one.

That works, if you know which one it is.

All I heard was "Blaziken: I'M BLACK Y'ALL I'M BLACK Y'ALL I'M BLACKITY BLACKITY BLACK Y'ALL ".

I find that offensive

Just wait it out, As my brother says it pays to be patient

[Rayquarian]

Unplug your computer.

N00b.

Ctrl+Alt+Del>Start Task Manager>Processes> Then select and end the problematic one.

That works, if you know which one it is.

All I heard was "Blaziken: I'M BLACK Y'ALL I'M BLACK Y'ALL I'M BLACKITY BLACKITY BLACK Y'ALL ".

*Rayquarin uses shotgun on Smashin!
It didn't work!
*Rayquarian snipes Smashin*
*Smashin died!