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  • C Chris Maunder

    What do you do when you try and end a program you don't actually want to run and it says to you "Currently performing some background processing. This program can't close at the moment". (OK, maybe this is rhetorical)

    cheers Chris Maunder

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    Lost User
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    I end its process.

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      I end its process.

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      Lost User
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      The proces-tree, just to be sure.

      Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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      • C Chris Maunder

        What do you do when you try and end a program you don't actually want to run and it says to you "Currently performing some background processing. This program can't close at the moment". (OK, maybe this is rhetorical)

        cheers Chris Maunder

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        KarstenK
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        I would think about the truth in the statement. A big upload or some media coding can take a while. If not: "Die you shitty crapware!!! I kill you now" :mad:

        Press F1 for help or google it. Greetings from Germany

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        • C Chris Maunder

          What do you do when you try and end a program you don't actually want to run and it says to you "Currently performing some background processing. This program can't close at the moment". (OK, maybe this is rhetorical)

          cheers Chris Maunder

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          den2k88
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          Kill its process and all its descendants. Purge the sacred land that is my CPU with the blood of the offender.

          GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver

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          • C Chris Maunder

            What do you do when you try and end a program you don't actually want to run and it says to you "Currently performing some background processing. This program can't close at the moment". (OK, maybe this is rhetorical)

            cheers Chris Maunder

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            snorkie
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            Did you click on another executable email attachment? :laugh:

            Hogan

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            • C Chris Maunder

              What do you do when you try and end a program you don't actually want to run and it says to you "Currently performing some background processing. This program can't close at the moment". (OK, maybe this is rhetorical)

              cheers Chris Maunder

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              WorkOnlineClick2Wealth
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              The Photo Studio Media Browsing service that came with my printer is very bad about this.

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              • C Chris Maunder

                What do you do when you try and end a program you don't actually want to run and it says to you "Currently performing some background processing. This program can't close at the moment". (OK, maybe this is rhetorical)

                cheers Chris Maunder

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                Maximilien
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                I look at the process manager, it it seems that it does nothing, I will kill it; if it seems to be doing something, I let it run some more.

                I'd rather be phishing!

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                  Kill its process and all its descendants. Purge the sacred land that is my CPU with the blood of the offender.

                  GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver

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                  Slacker007
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                  Sounds like the intro to a great movie, perhaps. :thumbsup:

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                    Sounds like the intro to a great movie, perhaps. :thumbsup:

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                    den2k88
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                    Alas it won't ever beat "The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it.".

                    GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver

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                    • C Chris Maunder

                      What do you do when you try and end a program you don't actually want to run and it says to you "Currently performing some background processing. This program can't close at the moment". (OK, maybe this is rhetorical)

                      cheers Chris Maunder

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                      Duncan Edwards Jones
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                      Take off and reboot it from space - it's the only way to be sure.

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                      • D den2k88

                        Kill its process and all its descendants. Purge the sacred land that is my CPU with the blood of the offender.

                        GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver

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                        Chris Maunder
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                        You'd go Keyser Söze on it?

                        cheers Chris Maunder

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                        • C Chris Maunder

                          What do you do when you try and end a program you don't actually want to run and it says to you "Currently performing some background processing. This program can't close at the moment". (OK, maybe this is rhetorical)

                          cheers Chris Maunder

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                          raddevus
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                          Chris Maunder wrote:

                          This program can't close at the moment".

                          I love it when you allow Windows update to close processes and restart computer and Windows update is frozen because it is waiting on Windows Update to close. Windows Update, you had me at...updating... X| X| X|

                          My book, Launch Your Android App, is available at Amazon.com.

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                          • C Chris Maunder

                            You'd go Keyser Söze on it?

                            cheers Chris Maunder

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                            den2k88
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                            I'd get medieval on its... Mule? Donkey? :D

                            GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver

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                            • C Chris Maunder

                              You'd go Keyser Söze on it?

                              cheers Chris Maunder

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                              Gary Wheeler
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                              Keyser Söze[^] (for the uncivilized riff-raff, including myself)

                              Software Zen: delete this;

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                              • C Chris Maunder

                                What do you do when you try and end a program you don't actually want to run and it says to you "Currently performing some background processing. This program can't close at the moment". (OK, maybe this is rhetorical)

                                cheers Chris Maunder

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                                Gary Wheeler
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                                My favorite example of this is Visual Studio, when it crashes while exiting. It will catch the crash, and restart itself :rolleyes: .

                                Software Zen: delete this;

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                                • C Chris Maunder

                                  What do you do when you try and end a program you don't actually want to run and it says to you "Currently performing some background processing. This program can't close at the moment". (OK, maybe this is rhetorical)

                                  cheers Chris Maunder

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                                  RedDk
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                                  My only experience with this type of thing occurs when I'm drinking Red White & Blue. I suppose that's reason enough, you'd say to yourself; "guy's multitasking at the bar and his browser won't be graceful and the congeners are getting to his brain". But I have to say, WHEN this occurs NOW, I always think back to that time when it occured THEN. And if I had it to do all over again, I'd simply grab the nearest chud by the neck of his Tee and smash him one in the gob. Then see what happens.

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                                  • C Chris Maunder

                                    What do you do when you try and end a program you don't actually want to run and it says to you "Currently performing some background processing. This program can't close at the moment". (OK, maybe this is rhetorical)

                                    cheers Chris Maunder

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                                    CPallini
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                                    Wait man, patiently wait. That jvm will eventually terminate.

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                                    • C Chris Maunder

                                      What do you do when you try and end a program you don't actually want to run and it says to you "Currently performing some background processing. This program can't close at the moment". (OK, maybe this is rhetorical)

                                      cheers Chris Maunder

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                                      Ravi Bhavnani
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                                      I'm running Windows AI.  When I try to run a program I really didn't mean to run, Clippy says "It seems you really didn't mean to run <application name>, so I'm going to ignore your request."  I :love: AI. /ravi

                                      My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                                      • C Chris Maunder

                                        What do you do when you try and end a program you don't actually want to run and it says to you "Currently performing some background processing. This program can't close at the moment". (OK, maybe this is rhetorical)

                                        cheers Chris Maunder

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                                        Mycroft Holmes
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                                        Ok so you are talking about VS2015 - I sit there patiently waiting for the bloody thing to finish, mainly because if I corrupt my primary work tool by jumping on it I'm going to feel like a right idiot as I spend 3 hours reinstalling it.

                                        Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                                        • C Chris Maunder

                                          What do you do when you try and end a program you don't actually want to run and it says to you "Currently performing some background processing. This program can't close at the moment". (OK, maybe this is rhetorical)

                                          cheers Chris Maunder

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                                          Mark_Wallace
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                                          It's doubtful you'll have time to investigate properly what it's doing, but if you haven't knowingly given the program the right to access the Internet, pull the cable/slam your firewall down, to see how it reacts. If it's something like acrobat, which shouldn't be performing any background operations anyway, kill the process tree. ElseIf it's something that has to move files around, it might be waiting for a response from windows' delayed write processes, so I'd give it a few seconds.

                                          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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