How do I show hidden background processes waiting to close?

Question

When I shut down my computer, a few moments later Windows opens a window waiting for a background program that needs to close.

But it doesn't tell me what the background process is, unlike XP. It's just empty, like the picture in the linked question:

How do I force Explorer/Task Host Window to show me what the pending background processes are? Is there a registry key for this option?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 15 '15 at 02:41

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There is no way to see the background processes. This is just a limitation of Explorer/DWM.

answered Sep 15 '15 at 02:41

oldmud0

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 11 '15 at 03:24

There is a Registry hack to allow the user to see the Verbose Information messages in Windows 7 in Shutdown, etc.

Here is a link with information on how to do this:

The article is pretty long, so I will leave it up the questioner to go to the link and get the information, rather than paste a bunch of things here.

I did this on one of my machines some time back, and it worked well; delivering some useful information.

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