Solved Apps keep open in the task manager after I close them

[rafael1979]

I normally only use 2 apps: the Mail and the Video, and even after I close these two apps, when I take a look at the Processes tab in the Task Manager, they are still there, there's no more CPU usage but they keep using Memory, which is usually a lot. So every time I want to actually close an app I have to open up the Task Manager, go to the Process tab and kill them off there, otherwise they'll keep using my memory.

Why is this? Is anyone having the same trouble?

Thx in advance!

 

[Brink]

Hello Rafael,

It sounds like may have only suspended the modern apps instead of completely closing them. Check to see if they no longer show up in Task Manager when closed using a method in the tutorial below.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/4125-apps-close-windows-8-a.html

When apps are suspended in the background, they don't use any resources. They are just kept loaded in memory to make opening them faster next time. If the memory they use while suspended is needed by something else, then the app will be closed to free memory.

 

[rafael1979]

Ok, after a bit of googling, I've found a (different) way of closing the apps for good: You click and hold on to the top of them and then drag them to the bottom of the screen, then after a while the app will flip onto its Metro look then you can let go of it. That's it.
I just wish I could simply close them the traditional way which is a lot faster and easier.

 

[rafael1979]

Hello Rafael,

It sounds like may have only suspended the modern apps instead of completely closing them. Check to see if they no longer show up in Task Manager when closed using a method in the tutorial below.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/4125-apps-close-windows-8-a.html

When apps are suspended in the background, they don't use any resources. They are just kept loaded in memory to make opening them faster next time. If the memory they use while suspended is needed by something else, then the app will be closed to free memory.

Ok, the method I found the quickest and easiest was pressing alt+F4 to completely close the apps.

Thank you!

 

[Brink]

You're welcome.