Why Does Windows 10 Take So Long to Shut Down?
Contents Most of the Time They Will Be Closed Automatically but a Conflict or a Program Not Responding Could Delay the Shutdown Process Drastically. This...
Most of the time they will be closed automatically but a conflict or a program not responding could delay the shutdown process drastically. This happens because that program needs to save data before it could close. If it isn’t able to save the data, Windows get stuck there.
How do I speed up Windows 10 shutdown?
Click the Control key folder, as shown in Figure A, and look for the WaitToKillServiceTimeout key. Double-click that key and change the value from the 5000 default to 2000, and then click OK. This changes the time Windows 10 will wait for an unresponsive service from 5ms to 2ms.
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Why is my computer taking forever to shut down?
Related. Windows can take longer than usual to shut down when services, background processes, drivers or applications prevent it from shutting down normally. Diagnose and solve a shutdown issue by viewing running processes in Task Manager, clean-booting your laptop or starting Windows in safe mode.
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