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martinuzz

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What replaces alt f4 in windows 10?
« on: June 25, 2016, 05:40:30 am »
I fell asleep before rescheduling the win10 update so my pc decided to install win10.

Now, I tried to kill a task using alt-f4, but that just brings up a menu.

Is there another shortcut key that replaces the alt f4 kill task?
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Re: What replaces alt f4 in windows 10?
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2016, 06:34:22 am »
TL, DR: ctrl alt del---> task manager ---> find the task

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alt f4 has never been a kill task shortcut. It's a "close window" shortcut. Which might or might not work when trying to kill a task... in any windows system. It IS still the shortcut for closing windows, though.

If you want to kill a task, you have to load up the task manager by ctrl alt del'ing and clicking in the "task manager" button. Look for whichever task you want to kill, right-click on it, and select the relevant option from the menu.
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Re: What replaces alt f4 in windows 10?
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2016, 08:20:34 am »
aw apparently it no longer closes windows it did close before then :P

I know about the task manager, but thanks. I'll just have to miss my one button solution for some programs then I guess.

Or downgrade back to 7.. I'll give 10 a fair try out though, I think I have 29 days left to decide.
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Re: What replaces alt f4 in windows 10?
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2016, 08:54:13 am »
It should work to close windows. Works for me, for certain  ???


Apparently some other people have had this problem

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/alt-f4-not-working-in-windows-10/a2457a64-f8d4-4a54-be43-06ee2e4670c8
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Re: What replaces alt f4 in windows 10?
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2016, 01:00:27 pm »
That link was helpful.

I guess it's my keyboard, which is one of those with a Fn key but no FnLock key. I already noticed that win10 swapped my settings. On win7, I had fiddled with some configuration settings somewhere, probably keyboard settings. F1-F12 worked as F1-F12, windows 10 swapped that back to the default Fn+F1-F12.

I'll see if I can swap that back, perhaps that'll take care of the alt-f4 issue as well.
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Re: What replaces alt f4 in windows 10?
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2016, 03:14:21 pm »
Also kind of relevant (should be updated to windows 10 though :p ):

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Re: What replaces alt f4 in windows 10?
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2016, 02:18:05 pm »
Quote from: ChairmanPoo on June 25, 2016, 06:34:22 am
TL, DR: ctrl alt del---> task manager ---> find the task
Ctrl+shift+escape takes you directly to task manager, btw.
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Re: What replaces alt f4 in windows 10?
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2016, 12:57:24 am »
Quote from: Thief^ on June 30, 2016, 02:18:05 pm
Quote from: ChairmanPoo on June 25, 2016, 06:34:22 am
TL, DR: ctrl alt del---> task manager ---> find the task
Ctrl+shift+escape takes you directly to task manager, btw.
It does?  Cool.  Didn't know that.
I keep Task Manager pinned to my taskbar to begin with, anyway.
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Re: What replaces alt f4 in windows 10?
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2016, 01:06:41 pm »
Quote from: TheBiggerFish on July 02, 2016, 12:57:24 am
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Quote from: ChairmanPoo on June 25, 2016, 06:34:22 am
TL, DR: ctrl alt del---> task manager ---> find the task
Ctrl+shift+escape takes you directly to task manager, btw.
It does?  Cool.  Didn't know that.
I keep Task Manager pinned to my taskbar to begin with, anyway.

You can also just right click on the taskbar and Task Manager is one of the options there
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Re: What replaces alt f4 in windows 10?
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2016, 01:39:30 am »
And in Windows 10, right-clicling on the start button brings up a whole host of useful options.
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Re: What replaces alt f4 in windows 10?
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2016, 06:48:26 am »

If you left click it instead, the start menu comes up
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Re: What replaces alt f4 in windows 10?
« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2016, 01:18:38 am »
But yeah. Alt+F4 still works for me on Win10. Might be a feature of Classic Shell though.
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Re: What replaces alt f4 in windows 10?
« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2016, 06:48:11 am »
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Re: What replaces alt f4 in windows 10?
« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2016, 01:04:51 pm »
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