How to Force a Hung Macintosh Application to Quit

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.

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