Force Close Keys for Windows

Force close a frozen game or app from your Stream Deck when Task Manager is out of reach. On Windows, the keys show which apps are "not responding". Hold a key to end task and kill a frozen app; a short press asks the app to close, so it can ask to save.

Features

Not Responding: counts visible apps Windows reports as not responding. Hold to end them

Close Front App: press to ask the active window's app to close, hold to end it

Close App: the same for every process with a file name you choose. Shows RUNNING or --

Hold 1 to 3 seconds; release early to cancel

English and Japanese

Safety

Ending takes a hold; the target is fixed at the press and checked again first

Protected: Windows' own processes, the desktop and taskbar, the Stream Deck app

ENDED appears once the process is gone

Requirements and limits

Windows 10+, Stream Deck 6.9+. Tested on Windows 11

A hold works like End task: unsaved work is lost, and processes the app started keep running

Some programs close on a short press without asking to save

A loading game may count as not responding; set a longer wait

Hidden windows and other virtual desktops are skipped. One frozen window ends its whole process

Programs run as administrator or protected by anti-cheat may refuse (FAILED)

Privacy

Reads program paths, start times and window classes; opens process handles. Nothing is logged or sent.

Idea or bug? Use the Support link. Every message is read.

First release with three actions. Not Responding shows the apps Windows reports as not responding, Close Front App and Close App ask an app to close on a short press, and holding a key ends the app (unsaved work is lost). English and Japanese.