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How to force close an application in Windows

Most people may think Task Manager is the only way to force close an application in an Windows and sometimes when you don’t have an admin access even for accessing Task Manager you may need to enter your password.

But there is much more a simpler way by which you can quickly close an application using an command promp

taskkill /im /f application.exe

Where “application.exe” refers to Chrome or Outlook or Excel. You can quickly close any application by using the above commands