Well, sometimes an applications hangs, in full screen mode (GAME), can either be terminated via task manager or force shut down?

try to open task manager but, the game was at front, alt+tab to task manager can't do.... what i cn do is force shut down only :/

i mean is there anyway to terminate the game process if it hangs?

depends on how severe the hang is, on most directx applications, if you hit the windows key it should minimize to desktop, alt-tab is also another way to force minimize the game. Sometimes the black screen remains but you can see that the windows taskbar appears, and your mouse pointer hovers around this area. Just right click on the game itself on taskbar and close task.

the most ideal situation is no hangs at all. Why don't you mention what game this is and which part of it causes a crash.

This post has been edited by h@ksam: Sep 3 2013, 05:42 PM

oh, i never try the window keys @@
yup, alt+tab, blank screen,but i can see the taskbar, i do right click and close it, but i doesn't want to close at all =.=...

GAME: Civilization V brave new world, sometimes random freeze =.=... didn't use cheat at all

i do have the latest graphic card driver

my pc doesn't hang but the game hangs there

=.=.... and it's not the problem of spec ya,

i7 3630
Nvidia GT650M
4GB RAM

spme thoughts:
1. update Civ V
2. clear out ur hard disk, too much stuff slow it down
3. remove unused program
4. defrag
5. if problem persists, reinstall Civ V

civ 5 is known to crash

http://steamcommunity.com/app/8930/discuss...71765694383290/

you can try to verify cache, update or downgrade your gpu drivers

some players hinted on using dx 9 mode instead

ctrl+alt+delete

then start task manager.

work for me most time.

if still fail then no choice to force restart

Whether the task manager pops up over or under the game. Does it make a difference whether the task manager has the ALWAYS ON TOP on or off, before the game hangs?

hahaha.... but my question was..
is there a way to bring task manager to front? i think no right? =.=..|| only force restart is the choice

ctrl+shift+esc.

I'm with this.
TS, have you tried this?

the focus should be to fix civ 5 not to crash, not figuring out what to do when it does -__-

+1

but, he may still want to figure out temporary action...

when you're left with a black screen and windows taskbar, right click and end task a few times on civ 5 and wait for a few seconds, if nothing happens, hit ctrl-alt-del and choose sign out, then sign back in.

when u left wift black screen try to use ctrl-alt-del then end the explorer.exe and run explorer.exe again.

directx crashes has a black screen overlay on the front, task manager window cannot be seen

Yaya...only cn force restart...

have u try using command prompt? blindly type

need to disable UAC though.