You can sometimes restart Windows Explorer to fix these problems.
Sometimes, your Windows desktop-including the taskbar and Start menu-might freeze. You’ll lose any unsaved work in the program, but if it’s crashed and is using a lot of CPU, there might be no way to recover your unsaved data, anyway. Select the “Processes” tab-if you don’t see it, click “More Details.” Locate any processes using a lot of CPU-you can click the “CPU” column header to sort by CPU usage and see the most demanding processes at the top of the list.Ĭlick a process to select it, and then click “End Task” to forcibly end the program.
