Phil Bull
philbull@gmail.com 2014
Wenn ein Programm nicht mehr richtig funktioniert oder einfriert, so können Sie dessen Beenden erzwingen.
Christian Kirbach
christian.kirbach@gmail.com 2014, 2015, 2021
Benjamin Steinwender
b@stbe.at 2014
Mario Blättermann
mario.blaettermann@gmail.com 2017, 2021
Jürgen Benvenuti
gastornis@posteo.org 2023

# Force Stop ("kill") a program immediately

If a program stops working or freezes, you can force it to close ("kill" it) using System Monitor. Go to the Processes tab and click to select the process you want to end. First, click End Process to try to let it exit cleanly.

If the process does not close after a few seconds, right-click it and select Force Stop from the menu that appears.

Using End Process tries to close the process properly, giving it time to save files and so on, whereas Force Stop forces it to close straight away. For some programs, this might mean that you lose unsaved files. You should always try End Process first.