How to Force a Hung Macintosh Application to Quit

 Last reviewed: June 1, 1996
Article ID: Q115888
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5b, 2.5c
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b

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.

Additional reference words: VFoxMac 3.00b FoxMac 2.50b 2.50c froze freeze
hangs kill
abort
execution halted terminate stop cancel interrupt lock up frozen hang
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Last reviewed: June 1, 1996
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