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    Why it's like this that when I open an app (a built-in or a Windows Store downloaded), after using it and at last closing it from the upper-right close button (in Windows 8.1 Update 1), I still see that app shown in Windows Task Manager using my memory too...

    To end it again, I need to do a right click>End Task or Click on that app>End Task button in lower-right panel of Task Manager.

    Does it also uses background tasks? It can slow one's PC after all..

    Sunday, September 14, 2014 6:37 AM

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    For help using Windows please post in the Windows forums on http://answers.microsoft.com .

    The MSDN Windows and Windows Phone apps forums are for developers to discuss writing their own Windows Runtime apps.

    Suspended apps don't use any CPU and will release their memory when other apps need it. Suspended apps won't hurt performance. In general it is not recommended to explicitly kill apps. Killing apps can slow the system down since more work is required to restart the app then to resume it. This won't matter if you know for sure you won't return to the app, but there is no operational advantage to killing the app.

    • Proposed as answer by Nauman Muzammal Sunday, September 14, 2014 7:25 AM
    • Marked as answer by Kvaibhav01 Monday, September 15, 2014 8:24 AM
    Sunday, September 14, 2014 7:06 AM

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    For help using Windows please post in the Windows forums on http://answers.microsoft.com .

    The MSDN Windows and Windows Phone apps forums are for developers to discuss writing their own Windows Runtime apps.

    Suspended apps don't use any CPU and will release their memory when other apps need it. Suspended apps won't hurt performance. In general it is not recommended to explicitly kill apps. Killing apps can slow the system down since more work is required to restart the app then to resume it. This won't matter if you know for sure you won't return to the app, but there is no operational advantage to killing the app.

    • Proposed as answer by Nauman Muzammal Sunday, September 14, 2014 7:25 AM
    • Marked as answer by Kvaibhav01 Monday, September 15, 2014 8:24 AM
    Sunday, September 14, 2014 7:06 AM
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    Thanks Rob Caplan [MSFT],

    For such other queries on Windows I'll post it on http://answers.microsoft.com.

    Monday, September 15, 2014 8:27 AM