Windows 10 Apps Turn off Unwanted Running Background Apps How To
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Some Windows users are reporting that an app is preventing the shutdown. Most affected users are reporting that there’s no name associated with the application (just an icon) when the “This app is preventing shutdown” error appears. This error message appears when you try to shut down Windows and there’s a third-party application that contains unsaved data. This behavior is reported to occur on Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.
We investigated this particular issue by looking at various user reports and the repair strategies that most affected users have successfully deployed to resolve the issue.
The main cause why this particular error message (“This app is preventing shutdown” appears) when applications with unsaved data are still opened inside your operating system. Here’s a list with typical culprits that are known to trigger this particular error message:
Text Editors: Notepad++, Komodo, Brackets
Office suites: Microsoft Office, Libre Office, LibreOffice, Apache OpenOffice, SoftMaker FreeOffice, etc.
Image Editors: Photoshop, Illustrator, Sumopaint, Pixlr, GIMP, PhotoScape, InPixio, etc.
If you’re looking for a way to resolve or circumvent the “This app is preventing shutdown” error, this article will provide you with some troubleshooting steps. Down below, you’ll find several methods that other users in a similar situation have used to prevent the warning message from appearing (either by handling the app responsible or by disabling the warning prompt altogether.
The methods are ordered by efficiency and severity. If you want a minimum-invasive procedure, use methods 1 to 3. If you’re looking for a method that will ensure that you won’t see the error message again, use the last method.
Whenever you are shutting down or restarting your PC, Windows 10 offers you the choice to save your work before it closes down any open programs. In that case, you simply press the Cancel button at the bottom of the window and save your open work. However, if you have already saved your work, you can simply click on the Shut down anyway button at the bottom of the window. If you do not choose anything for a minute, it takes you back to the desktop.
But, if you want to shut down or restart your Windows 10 PC automatically, surpassing the prompt and save some time, you simply need to make a few changes to the registry. However, before making the changes, make sure that you get used to saving your work every time before you restart or shut down your Windows 10 PC.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, and Samsung).