Windows 10: Is there a way to close an unresponsive program without using alt f4 or task manager?

Basically when I press alt f4 nothing happens. When I press ctrl alt delete for task manager, It will pop up and I can see the task manager window by holding alt and pressing tab but can't actually use it and it will just automatically go back to the unresponsive program once I let go of alt tab. So the only fix is either restarting or signing out and back in. Sorry, I'm not very good at explaining stuff haha. Any help appreciated

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How can I quickly close many Windows/Programs?

I find that the fastest way to natively achieve this is like this:

1. Click on the desired program in your task bar
   
2. alt + F4
   

This is quicker because you close precisely the programs you wish to close where as alt + tab-ing through your programs forces you to step over unwanted programs causing you to endure more time.

 

Alt-F4 change back to close window

Alt+F4 will shut down whatever app/window currently has focus. If that is a window for an app then that app will close, bringing up it's closing dialog if needed (eg Notepad's 'Do you want to save changes.....?' prompt).

But if you first click on an empty part of your Desktop or Taskbar before using Alt+F4 then the 'app' that currently has focus is the Windows UI (user interface) - and asking that to close down will bring up the Windows UI closing dialog....





So just make sure that you have clicked on the window that you want to close before using Alt+F4 and it should work as you expect.

 

Alt-F4 change back to close window

Idk what happened to alt-f4 that it changed to shut down/change user menu, but I want it back as close window. I dont want to use AHK just for 1 hotkey, and afaik win10 does not have a way to change/edit windows hotkeys without editing the registry. So, what can i do to edit the F-keys to change or create shortcuts? (like changing alt-f4 back to close window)