How do I close an application in Windows 8?
Any device has its own purpose. The computer is designed to process information and it does it using Applications. We can say that a computer without applications is like no hands. Opening the application is as easy as shelling pears - on the screen, click on the required tile. After that, the application corresponding to the Windows 8 tile will be deployed to the full screen.
However, the question on Windows 8 "How to close an application" requires a separate study. Alas, you will not find the usual cross in the upper right corner of the Application.
First, we save the information, and then close the Application
Before closing an Application or program, you should always concentrate a little and think about the consequences of closing. There can be 2 situations here:
- you need to save the information before closing the Application,
- no need to save, because you can always find this information and open it again.
Some applications save information automatically, others require a response from the user:
- save her,
- or close without saving.
In general, you can find out whether you need to save information at the moment when you try to close the program. Then a window will appear asking: "Save ...?" and two possible answers (yes, no).
Information usually needs to be saved if you type text, draw, record a voice, scan a document. You do not need to save information, for example, when watching a movie, listening to music, viewing a document, because such information can be found and reopened.
Why close some Apps?
You work on your computer for a long time without restarting or shutting down, several Applications (programs) are open. A laptop has a certain resource and capabilities, and each open program reduces these capabilities. Therefore, in the case when a lot of programs are open, after some time the computer will start to "slow down", that is, it will work noticeably slower. To prevent this from happening, close unnecessary programs.
How to close an app in Windows 8 using the keyboard?
Almost from the time of the appearance of the Windows operating system, to close applications (programs), ALT +F4... The Windows 8 developers have kept this tradition alive.
At the moment when the application is open, press the ALT key and, without releasing it, at the same time press the F4 key. The application will close, after which we release both keys (ALT and F4).
Close the Application with the mouse or finger
The above method for closing Applications using hotkeys is fast, simple, but with one drawback: at the right moment, for some reason, all the necessary keyboard shortcuts completely fly out of my head :)
To close the current application:
1) Place your mouse pointer or finger at the top of the screen.
2) Move the mouse at the top of the screen until the mouse pointer turns into a hand (more precisely, into a five):
3) Then click and hold the mouse button. This will make the application smaller. Grab the Application with the “five” mouse and drag it to the bottom of the screen. As soon as the "five" reaches the bottom of the screen, the application will immediately close.
This technique can also be used to close Desktop Applications.
How inWindows 8 find all open applications and close unnecessary ones?
All open Applications in Windows 8 can be found in the open Applications pane.
1) To call this panel, move the mouse pointer over the upper left corner and drag the mouse slightly down the left side of the screen. A panel of open Applications will appear (Fig. 1 - clickable).
Rice. 1 Open the open applications panel using the upper left corner,
then close unnecessary applications by right-clicking (right-clicking).
2) We look closely at them, and point the mouse pointer at the Application we do not need.
3) Click on it with the right mouse button.
4) A context menu will appear, in which we click on the Close button.
Everything, the Application is closed.
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