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Q115888: How to Force a Hung Macintosh Application to Quit

Article: Q115888
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): MACINTOSH:2.5b,2.5c,3.0b
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 04-AUG-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5b, 2.5c 
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b 
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SUMMARY
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To force FoxPro for Macintosh to quit, press the key combination
COMMAND+OPTION+ESC.

CAUTION: Unsaved changes will be lost.

MORE INFORMATION
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This is not the recommended way to quit from an application, and should only be
used when FoxPro or a FoxPro program or application has hung (stopped
responding).

Pressing COMMAND+OPTION+ESC causes the following Macintosh dialog box to
display:

  Force "Microsoft FoxPro" to quit?
  Unsaved changes will be lost.

The choices in the dialog box are "Force Quit" and "Cancel."

NOTE: This technique can be used with any Macintosh application.

(c) Microsoft Corporation 2000, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by Kevin
Zollman, Microsoft Corporation.


Additional query words: VFoxMac FoxMac froze freeze hangs kill abort execution halted terminate stop cancel interrupt lock up frozen hang akz

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbFoxPro250bMac kbFoxPro250cMac kbVFP300bMac
Version           : MACINTOSH:2.5b,2.5c,3.0b

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