task manager is showing ‘unable to terminate process’ when i try to end something that’s clearly frozen. the program is completely unresponsive but windows won’t let me kill it.
tried right-clicking and end task multiple times. tried running task manager as administrator. still getting the same error.
the process in question isn’t a system process, it’s a regular application. not sure why windows is protecting it.
what actually works here? i’ve heard about using command line tools but i’m not confident using those. looking for the clearest fix that doesn’t risk destabilizing the system. also want to understand why this happens so i know if it’s likely to recur.