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> Microsoft is working on a force quit option to close apps without the Task Manager in Windows

It always amazes me how things that have been standard features in Linux Desktop environments, usually for a long time, are big news in the Windows world.

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It's a necessary development: it's tough for Microsoft employees to get their work done when programs keep on crashing Explorer.exe and then Task Manager becomes unresponsive too.

Hopefully they'll run into some friction using NTFS so we can start modifying files that are in use.

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