• gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      One time I was playing modded Skyrim when it froze/crashed at the loading screen

      So I summon task manager, it hides behind the frozen game. I alt+tab and start blind keying to Skyrim to end it, been here hundreds of times, but nothing happens and the Skyrim world music STARTS???!!!

      ALT+TAB to see TM and Skyrim both reporting non-responsive. Tab to Skyrim and press w, clearly hear character moving and reacting to my input

      Try again to end process via ALT+F4, No dice. Try via TM, still unresponsive

      I had to reboot my PC with a hard power button press that time and I still don’t fully understand what the FUCK happened

      • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
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        2 months ago

        New Vegas does the same thing, hiding Task Manager behind itself when it crashes. I found a workaround by using Ctrl+Alt+Del, clicking to make the cursor appear, and then pressing the Windows key which makes the taskbar appear. Then the game window can be closed from the taskbar.

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      24 days ago

      That’s why you enable the end task option for when you right click on the icon in the taskbar.