How to automatically end the process when Windows 8 Modern UI apps are closed?

Question

When Metro/Modern UI applications are closed, they are not actually removed from memory; they are still running in a 'Suspended' state. This clutters up the Task Manager considerably, and is very annoying when I need to use it.

Is there any way to automatically end the process when a Metro app is closed, instead of sending it to the 'Suspended' state?

agirish · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-04T19:41:00.207

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It depends on how you are closing an App. To exit, if you go back to the Start Screen or open another App, the discussed App would not be removed from memory. To quit you are supposed to drag the App (from the top) to the bottom of the screen.

An alternate way is to quit an App from the Multi-tasking side-bar

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edited Nov 04 '12 at 19:41

answered Nov 04 '12 at 19:35

agirish

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 05 '12 at 13:34

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ALTF4

If you have a keyboard I prefer the old nice ALT + F4 method. Faster than going back or using the sidebar.

answered Nov 05 '12 at 13:34

Drake

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How to automatically end the process when Windows 8 Modern UI apps are closed?

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