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Dymonika OP t1_j5w2e68 wrote

Reply to comment by TheBithShuffle in LPT: Press Alt-Space, then C to close the window in a far more ergonomic way than Alt-F4 by Dymonika

How so? I know it can't affect full-screen games or things that don't bring up this context menu, but other than that, it seems to be identical.

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sporefreak t1_j5xljj7 wrote

Closing the window is like asking the program to close. Alt+F4 is demanding the program to close. Sometimes neither are good enough and using task manager forces it to close.

There is a program called super F4 or something that will basically force anything to close with Ctrl alt f4 similar to task manager.

So you have "please close now" vs "close right now" vs shooting the program

Forcing a program to close can cause issues if the program does not have time to save, or close naturally, (think a game not saving progress before closing, it a text editor not saving the text)

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Dymonika OP t1_j5xm4t9 wrote

But the context menu literally says Alt-F4 is the keyboard shortcut for my method (you see it when you press Alt-Space). In what specific scenario (barring a full-screen game or one in which a context menu is nowhere to be found) does Alt-Space, C not close while Alt-F4 does?

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