How To Force Stop "Not Responding" Programs In Windows XP, Windows Vista And Windows 7

Unresponsive programs in Windows quoting the dreadful message "Not Responding" are a common if you are a Windows user. These programs simply don’t listen to your commands and even refuse to close. They irritatingly waste your time and stay on the screen until they close which normally takes a long time.

Sometimes these frozen programs force you to open the Task Manager, detect the appropriate process and then end the process manually from there as they do not close on their own. This can be a horrible experience especially if you a Windows Vista user. Thankfully, there is an easier way out to close these frozen programs! Here’s how you do it.

1) Right click on your Desktop and click New>Shortcut.

2) Copy the following location: taskkill.exe /f /fi “status eq not responding” on to the text box in the window that opens.

3) That’s it. You are now done! From now on, anytime some program displays "Not Responding", just clicking on the shortcut will automatically detect and terminate the unresponsive program.

4) To make it even more easier you can even assign a shortcut key to open the shortcut using Keyboard Tweaker.

How To Open Every Folder In a New Window On Your Windows PC

While going through the various folders and sub-folders on any computer system, it is sometimes quite irritating that folders/sub-folders do not open in new folders. Windows however has an in-built option to make folders open in new windows. Here’s how you do it.

1. Click on ‘Start’
2. Go to ‘Control Panel’. You can find a link to Control Panel in the right side of the Start Menu.
3. Click on ‘Folder Options’.

4. Now from the “General’ tab, select the radio button next to ‘Open each folder in its own window.’
5. Click on ‘Apply’ and ‘OK’ to complete the process.

Now all folders will open in new windows.

Windows XP Themes

I add few more Windows XP themes for your interest. I hope this can improve your computer visually. These Window XP themes are free to download. To download this freely click the below link (screenshots are shown below for each windows XP theme).

Windows XP Black Theme


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Windows XP Ocean Breeze Them


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Windows XP Odessa Theme


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