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Program window not closing
I updated to Windows 11 about a week ago. On shutting down several programs (Firefox, Thunderbird and Calibre so far) the programs themselves close (icons disappear from Taskbar, processes disappear...
Hi BillM10UK ,
Please follow the below link, I hope this article could helpful for you.
https://nerdschalk.com/how-to-force-quit-a-program-on-windows-11/
- Thanks, but the problem is not that the program is unresponsive/frozen and needs to be killed. The program/processes/tasks shut down quite happily, it's just the window contents which remain fixed and unmovable. I've found a workaround which is to minimise the window then right click the taskbar icon and select 'Close all Windows' but I'd rather get it fixed properly.
Hi BillM10UK
Please run Windows Update, one of my colleague was having the same issue, but the issue has been successfully fixed once he run the windows update manually.
The original problem has settled (mostly). If the program windows remain on screen then a two finger tap on the finger-pad closes them. I'm still having trouble with other windows. Installation dialog boxes fail to close and get in the way of other things on screen and various File Manager progress boxes remain in place near permanently.
