Windows 10: Task host windows preventing shutdown for a few seconds - what can cause this?

When I shut down my PC completely, I see the "Shutting down" screen for a few seconds, then a message comes up: "Task host windows is preventing shutdown". This message is there for a few seconds, then the computer turns off without issues. Additional information / what I tried:- This doesn't happen at every shutdown, but it happens a few times weekly.- It doesn't really prevents the shutdown, as the computer shuts down after a few secods of this message.- Fast startup is turned off.- There's no additional info in the message about what in Task Host Window is preventing the shutdown, it only s

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Task host prevent shutdown every time

Platform Windows 10 Home recently upgraded to version 1709.

Since last few days Task Host prevent shutdown every time and massage is some what like:

Task Host Windows: is stopping background task (Microsoft\Windows\Windows Update\Automatic App update.)

Happens every time shutdown. Can not take screen shot while PC is Shutting down.

 

Task Host Window is Preventing Shutdown

I am using Windows 10 with surface pro 4. When I tried to shut down the computer normally, it says Task Host Window is closing background tasks and is preventing shutdown. I tried waiting it out but it just popped me back to desktop. I tried checking for
updates and it said I was on the latest updates. I tried running Troubleshoot on Power settings and it didn't work. I also tried sfc/scannow and it said there were some corrupted files that could not be fixed. However when I tried to look at the list of corrupted
files by using the command

the command prompt said sfcdetails.txt couldn't be found. I tried doing a clean boot but it required restarting the computer and the Task Host Window prevented restart. I didn't want to do a force shut down and I don't know what to do. Can someone help?

 

"Task Host Window" (taskhostw.exe) prevents shutdown (Microsoft Windows 10)

Hello Abdul. I'm Greg, here to help you with this.

Try these fixes for task host window prevents shutdown:

https://thegeekpage.com/fix-task-host-is-stoppi...

https://www.technewstoday.com/task-host-is-stop...

https://techcult.com/fix-task-host-window-preve...



Let me know if you have any questions or I can help performing any of the above steps. If you'll post back detailed results on each step in each tutorial, it will help me determine what else needs to be tried.

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