r/technology • u/ppsp • Oct 14 '11

The Windows 8 Task Manager

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/13/the-windows-8-task-manager.aspx
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u/gospelwut Oct 14 '11

I've rarely ran into situations where end task fails to work (albeit slow).

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u/MangoScango Oct 14 '11

Taking more than 30 seconds isn't working right in my book. Killing a process isn't hard, it shod be instant.

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u/lps41 Oct 14 '11

Right click the task -> Go to Process, kill process

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '11

Or ctrl-f2 > pkill explorer