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Discussions about suspended apps in Windows focus on how modern apps are suspended when not in use, preventing background operations. Users report issues where suspended apps appear as running in Task Manager without associated windows, often involving ApplicationFrameHost.exe. This can interfere with other software, such as Nvidia Control Panel on multi-monitor setups, which detects these apps as open and blocks configuration changes. In Windows 8.1, users note that returning to a suspended app is less intuitive than in Windows 8, requiring manual icon clicking or search instead of a corner gesture. These threads highlight user frustration with app suspension behavior and its impact on system functionality.
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Windows 10 9860 Build does not fix Suspended app problem..
In the 9841 build, if you were running Nvidia multi-monitor displays, the Nvidia Control panel was put in a situation where is was not able to make changes to monitor configuration (or anything else) because some app was open and needed to be closed. The open apps it would refer to were apps...- Saltgrass
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- applicationframehost build 9860 monitor setup multi-monitor nvidia powercfg suspended apps svchost system sleep task manager
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Return to suspended modern app
Actually, I only now realized, after some googling, that modern apps are suspended when you move away from them and do not run in the background. I use the modern apps so rarely that I haven't paid attention to their behavior. Two questions, or maybe a comment and a question: 1. That...- john517
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- application behavior background processes feedback modern apps suspended apps task management user experience windows 8 windows 8.1
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Windows Help and Support