These icons date back decades to the halcyon days of Windows 3.1. In the era of Windows 3.0, some old MS-DOS programs could be run in a window. An application existed that could scan a user's hard ...

To do this, hover over the app icon on the dock, right-click on it, and select Quit. Apart from using it ... you may be familiar with quitting programs with the task manager.

You get the dreaded “this program is not responding” pop-up. Your whole computer freezes. In cases like this, the best option is often to force quit the unresponsive app. This means your ...

Control-click on the program's icon to open a menu, then select Quit. Even if it takes a few seconds, the app in question should close like normal. If not, you may need to take more drastic measures.