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How to PREMANTLY STOP/PREVENT the force close screen from being displayed

Anonymous
2013-03-19T20:55:19+00:00

Is ther a regisrt hack that can be used to perminatly stop the FORCE CLOSE screen from being displayed. I find it to be noting more that an anyance and a distraction. The programs that it displays will be close on a sutdown anyway but with the likes of a restar slected well wahts the point of the option in other sttings to select to restart back in Windows Expore etc if your going to get this Avery anoying nagg every time. It totally defetes the point of the user setting ther options to resatr left open windosw.

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Anonymous
2013-03-20T17:15:15+00:00

Hi Mason,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Community Forums.

Based on the information, you want to turn off the “FORCE CLOSE screen” you receive when you try to shut down or log off windows from being displayed.

This can be turned off by using the Group policy settings or modifying the Registry settings.

Let’s try the following steps and check if it helps.

Method 1:

If you are using Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate, you can use the Group Policy settings to change the settings.

a. Press the key combination Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog. Type gpedit.msc in the Run dialog and press Enter.

b. In the Group Policies Editor, navigate to Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Shutdown Options in the left side treeview.

c. In the right hand side pane, you will find a value Turn off automatic termination of applications that block or cancel shutdown. Double click on it. Choose Enabled.

d. Click OK to save the settings and close the dialog.

Method 2:

You may try to modify the registry setting to change the option.

a. Click on the Start Menu (blue orb in the bottom-left corner), type regedit.exe in the search field and press Enter. Choose Yes, if the User Account Control dialog pops up.

b. In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System

c. Right-click in the right-side pane, and select New → DWORD (32-bit Value) as shown. Type in the name of the value as AllowBlockingAppsAtShutdown.

d. Double-click on the newly created value AllowBlockingAppsAtShutdown and set the value to 1.

c. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

Important: The above mentioned link contains steps to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.

For more information, you may refer to the article:

Back up the registry

Hope the information helps.

Let us know if you need further assistance with Windows related issues. We will be happy to help.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-09-14T15:44:35+00:00

    This suggestion does not work for windows 10 "Type gpedit.msc in the Run dialog and press Enter."

    The file does not exist. I'm looking to prevent windows from force closing my applications on a normal day. It seems windows 10 has a mind of it's own, closing programs, deleting files by itself and saying theyre a threat when ive already virus scanned them....Preventing programs from windows 8 from running at all when they're compatible with windows 10... particularly bitdefender and threatfire to protect both the registry and files from becoming infected.... which I happen to use on a windows 10 machine that receives 0 windows updates and it works fine. its really annoying how manipulative windows 10 is now compared to previous versions.... And the fact that you can't turn off cortana.... I wonder why noone seems to be talking about all this stuff.

    Not to mention the hardware that microsoft is coding to be outdated when some of it is still better than new hardware. Automatic process increasing and lagging computers with 16+ gigs of memory... it seems something other than hardware is becoming outdated.

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