How to Force a Hung Macintosh Application to Quit (115888)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh 2.5b
  • Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh 2.5c
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh 3.0b
This article was previously published under Q115888

SUMMARY

To force FoxPro for Macintosh to quit, press the key combination COMMAND+OPTION+ESC.

CAUTION: Unsaved changes will be lost.

MORE INFORMATION

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.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/17/2003
Keywords:KB115888
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