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- From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: How do I KILL Crashed WIN/OS
- Keywords: Kill WIN/OS
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.232351.22328@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 23:23:51 GMT
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- In article <9224810.17243@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> terryr@michaelangelo.vis.citri.EDU.AU (Terry Robison) writes:
- >Hi,
- > I have crashed WIN/OS using winjpeg. I can switch back to the
- >PM without any troubles - and even back to the WIN/OS session with
- >its little hour glass floating in space (the hour glass does move
- >with the mouse but pressing the buttons has no effect). My question,
- >how do I kill a crashed win/os session when it will not respond. I
- >have on some occasions simply shut down and said yes to kill win/os
- >and no for other sessions - and abort the shutdown - There must be
- >an easier way. Any ideas?
-
- Simple. Pop up the task list with CTRL-ESC. Locate the WIN-OS2
- session on the list. Click-right on the name to pop up the session's
- menu. Select "close". The session should terminate within 30 or 40
- seconds. Perhaps sooner, depending on how much clean-up is necessary.
-
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