Windows 10: desktop frozen and does not respond

my desktop with window 10 frozen and does not respond

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Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection "Not Responding" but cannot be killed

I launched a Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) to a remote server. The screen suddenly got frozen while connecting; the title bar indicates (Not Responding).

I opened another window of RDC and it worked.

My problem is that I cannot close the first window that got frozen. I have Windows 10. I tried

• Close the Window. It shows a window with "The application is not responding... Do you want to end this process?". Clicking on button End Process does not do much
  
• Task Manager > End Task
  
• Task Manager > Details > mstsc.exe > end Task
  

No matter what I tried, the frozen window is still here.

Any suggestion except a Logout or a reboot?

 

Top Secret: Windows 10 and the Frozen Desktop

Is it possible, if I take a screen shot of a Windows 10 desktop session with everything minimized and set that as the desktop background, to:

• make all real desktop icons disappear,
  
• hide taskbar so it stays hidden,
  

this would make it appear as if the mouse works but everything else does not respond on the desktop view when clicked?

Why?

I have a technical need to set up random desktop workstations in this manner for a special "top secret" project at work to see how certain employees respond and report incidents and issues for compliance adherence to a new company policy when malfunctioning systems occur.

Details

The computers are regular desktop computers with Windows 10 joined to a domian in an AD environment and I have full domain admin access to everything from login scripts, to GPO's, and on and on. I will accept and test all methods (scripts, Group Policy settings, manual steps on the desktop session doing this, and on and on) suggested to pick the best method for my need. Since I have a deadline months out for the first real run, I figured I'd ask some experts or regular people for some suggestions on this task.

Undo Optional

If you have a method to undo this for the method you advise that would be great but it's not required and I'll figure that part out but the easier for me the better for setting it up and undoing it for all methods I'll test.

 

New cumulative update desktop frozen

My computer was frozen in a loop trying to reboot! How would you suggest I try a recovery when it is "FROZEN" IN A LOOP????? IT WOULD NOT respond!!! Your recommendation was not very helpful.