app closing

bassfisher6522 · Apr 9, 2014

Anybody seen this.......

How do I close an app? - Microsoft Windows Help

I wonder what MS thinks is a sufficient amount of time before it actually closes the app.

Wrench97 · Apr 9, 2014

Win8.1 update 1 adds a x button at the top right to close the app.

bassfisher6522 · Apr 9, 2014

Yes it does...if you watch the video is shows that and then you hear the narrator explain the closing. Just because you use the x to close it doesn't mean it's not still running in the background, it is as the video clearly states.

If you like to try, open and app, use it or not, close it with the red X option and then open task manager and check to see if it's running...you'll find that it is.

This is only real gripe I have with 8/8.1/8.1.1 and how it closes the apps. I still drag mine to the bottom and wait for it to flip.

Wrench97 · Apr 9, 2014

Great I assumed the close button actually closed the program...........................

bassfisher6522 · Apr 9, 2014

Wrench97 said:
Great I assumed the close button actually closed the program...........................

LMAO.....I know right...:hysterical:

Wrench97 · Apr 9, 2014

Maybe by update 12 they'll get it right.........................

bassfisher6522 · Apr 9, 2014

:hysterical:

jcgriff2 · Apr 12, 2014

Closing an app is what Sysinternal Process Explorer's KILL function is for.

Patrick · Apr 12, 2014

bassfisher6522 said:
Just because you use the x to close it doesn't mean it's not still running in the background, it is as the video clearly states.

Kind of like Mac OSX then now, I guess.

James M. Fisher · Jun 10, 2014

I have been led to understand that having apps open does not impact system resources like leaving programs open did in previous Windows versions. I have never really looked into this, as I tend to close apps by dragging down or swiping down on a touch screen device. Hmmm...

bassfisher6522 · Jun 11, 2014

James M. Fisher said:
I have been led to understand that having apps open does not impact system resources like leaving programs open did in previous Windows versions. I have never really looked into this, as I tend to close apps by dragging down or swiping down on a touch screen device. Hmmm...

Yes...your exactly right, that's because of the apps small foot print. The stripped down version of the software/program it's replacing which were designed for mobile processors. So they consume less power but still give you that since of full functionality.

James M. Fisher · Jun 11, 2014

Thanks for confirming that for me, bassfisher6522. :thumbsup2:

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