If a program is running in the background on your Windows 11/10 PC & you can see it on Taskbar or Task Manager but is not visible on your desktop screen, see this post.

The "End Task" button cannot terminate system processes such as File Explorer, for that you will still have to go through the Task Manager which kind of makes sense.

Windows 11 allows you to force quit unresponsive apps using the Task Manager. However, there's an alternative method that's even faster.

Windows PC user annoyed about Task Manager jumping around gets told how to fix it with one button—by the developer that built the application 30 years ago News By Jacob Ridley published May 21, 2024 ...