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How To Automatically close non-responsive programs


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Soumitra Sengupta MVP

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SUMMARY

When an application crashes then it stops responding and we have to end task it manually through the task manager. But we can close it automatically also through the registry tweaking.

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Tips

When an application crashes, it stops responding and we have to end task it manually through the task manager. By this tweak one can automatically close any application that has stopped responding.
 
1]Start>Run>Regedit>OK
 
2]Now navigate to the following location:-
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\ Desktop
 
Highlight Desktop,on the right pane of the Registry Editor you will find REG_SZ entry AutoEndTasks
 
3]Right click on it and select Modify. Change the value data to 1.The default value data is 0.Click OK and close the Registry Editor.
 
4]Restart the System.
 
 

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Keywords: kb, KB555619, kbhowto, kbpubtypett, kbpubtypecca, kbpubmvp

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Article Info
Article ID : 555619
Revision : 3
Created on : 8/19/2020
Published on : 8/20/2020
Exists online : False
Views : 340