Windows 10 repeating cannot shutdown gracefully

Question

_{Friday, February 2, 2018 7:23 AM}

Windows 10 build 16299 cannot shutdown gracefully.  It shows "Closing 1 app and shutting down. To go back and save your work, click Cancel and finish what you need to. Task Host Window - Task Host is stopping background tasks. (\Microsoft\Windows \LanguageComponentsInstaller\Installation).  Then there are two choice for users. One button show "Shutdown anyway". Another button show "Cancel".  Unless making choice of "Shutdown Anyway".  It will be pend here and cannot shutdown.

Sam

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_{Friday, February 2, 2018 10:37 AM}

Hello,

See if this registry trick helps you:

https://www.kapilarya.com/this-app-is-preventing-shutdown-windows-10

Let us know if this helps!

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_{Monday, February 5, 2018 6:23 AM}

In addition, I also found several users who had the similar issue as yours, they gave the advices may help you, please refer to the links:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/to-go-back-and-save-your-work-click-cancel-and/f79b4928-e777-491f-affa-290ac01ad55e

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance-winpc/problem-with-the-task-host-window-and-the-shutting/235998bf-5c1d-47ed-9698-2512ae6addac

Best Regards,

Tao

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