Individual applications are listed as saying This app is preventing shutdown or this app is preventing you from restarting.

There are many modifications that youll need to make to the registry for this change.

Perform the following steps to import these prefs into Windows 10:

The registry prefs should be imported.

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you could now close all applications and restart Windows for the prefs to take effect.

Any unsaved data in applications will be lost as each app is simple forced closed.

Windows Closing Apps and Shutting Down

Windows Closing Apps and Shutting Down