If it wouldn't reply, the task manager shows a dialog and terminates the program if you agree with its suspicion that the program has crashed. It does so by striking the crashed program from its list of tasks to complete, and by releasing all resources (memory, communication channels etc.) "held" by that program. You can press Windows + R, type cmd, and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to open and run Command Prompt as Administrator. Step 2. Next type tasklist in Command Prompt window, and it will list all running processes on your Windows computer. Step 3. Use the Taskkill commands below to force close any program. It randomly appears in my task manager at start up. Sometimes it's there, sometimes it isn't. And I try to end the task but it won't go away until a few minutes later when it'll allow me to end it. And I feel you about the paranoia. So fucking annoying. The last few days I've been obsessing over event viewer looking at security logs. Right click on the application and select "Kill Process Tree". If there isn't a process tree and that option is greyed out, select "Kill Process" instead. Confirm you want to kill that application process tree and its descendants: After clicking OK, your lingering process should be toast. In Task Manager, find and right-click on Steam. Select End Task. Endtasking Steam. Attempt to launch Steam to see if the issue is resolved. Alternatively, end all Steam processes via Command Prompt: Click the search bar and type " Command Prompt ". Select " Run as administrator ". In Command Prompt, input the following command and press arxkmH.

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