Why Won't My Program Close?
There are a few reasons a program might linger during shutdown:
Unsaved Work: A common culprit is unsaved work. Many programs will prompt you to save before closing, and Windows won't force closure until you make a decision.
Frozen Program: Sometimes, a program simply gets stuck. This can happen due to bugs, conflicts with other software, or resource limitations.
In-Progress Tasks: Certain programs might be in the middle of critical tasks like file uploads or data backups. They may wait to finish before shutting down.
Command Shutdown
Shutdown -s (Normal Shutdown)
Shutdown -s -f (Force Shutdown)
Shutdown -s -f -t 60 (Force Shutdown with time 60 - 1 minute)
Shutdown -r (Normal Restart)
Shutdown -r -f (Force Restart)
Shutdown -R -f -t 60 (Force Restart with time 60 - 1 minute)
Using Timer
Program AMP WINOff
Can set by time, load CPU, timer, time
Regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
AutoEndTasks Set 1
Ultimate Windows Tweaker
This tweaker is just around 750 KB in size and includes over 200 tweaks. Like its predecessors, UWT 4.0 sports a clean, minimalistic UI, offering links in the left panel, and tabs on the top, in some categories. Hover over any tweak, and helpful tooltips will tell you what the tweak does.
Feature Close Force program during Windows shutdown
Select
Performance
Enable - Auto-End Non Responsive Programs
Reboot computer, and test.
Ultimate Windows Tweaker is Free software
Download
For Windows 10
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For Windows 11
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Windows 11 users should use Ultimate Windows Tweaker 5
Windows 10 users should use Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4.8
Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 should continue to use Ultimate Windows Tweaker 3.1.
Windows 7 & Windows Vista users should continue to use Ultimate Windows Tweaker 2.2.
Manual Force shutdown Windows
Using Command
Normal Shutdown Shutdown -s
Force Shutdown Shutdown -s -f
Force Shutdown with time Shutdown -s -f -t 00
Restart
To restart, simply replace -s with -r. If you are unsure, proceed reading.
Normal Restart
To perform a normal Restart, open Run Start - Run and type in Shutdown -r . Your PC will reboot just as it would when you click Restart from the Start menu
Force Restart
To perform a Force Restart, type in Shutdown -r -f.
Force Restart with Time
To perform a Timed Force Restart, type in Shutdown -r -f -t 00.
Computers for displays, such as charts, stock movements, and security systems, can be forced to shut down without saving data.
A computer logger temporarily stores data for a duration of time.
When the computer finishes its task, it can be forced to shut down.
Windows can stop programs that are still running and disable all background programs before the computer shuts down automatically.