Close a Task by Using Task Manager in Windows 10

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    The first thing we need to do is open up Task Manager
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    There are a lot of ways to open it. The easiest one is to simply click on an empty space on the taskbar.
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    Click "Task Manager"
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    When Task Manager opens, you need to find any processes that are running right now
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    Let's find "Windows Explorer."
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    To close the task, we need to simply right-click on a task
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    Then click "End task"
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    There we go. Windows Explorer has been terminated.
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Recent edits by: VisiHow, Lukward Thomason

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