Mystery app preventing Windows 10 shutdown after update.

Anonymous
2018-02-10T04:10:34+00:00

Since a Windows 10 update a few weeks ago, when I go to shut down, it says it is closing and there is an app running  ------- but there is no app running   So I wait for it to close that nonexistent app, and after a few minutes, I am back to the computer being ready to work, not shutting down. When will a new update fix this?  Yesterday's update did not fix this. It is not a serious problem, but it is annoying to have to click "Shut down anyway" to really shut down.  What is this app that hides itself and won't quit?

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-12-24T07:47:25+00:00

    I have the SAME issue till now whenever I shut down the laptop . Did you find out how to solve it ?

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-12-02T13:32:16+00:00

    I would try a system restore to a date that that this was not having this problem

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-12-01T21:43:49+00:00

    I have the same problem....the name appears so fast and then disappears I cannot get its name. Does not show up on any lists or managers...it looks like: Core$@#!!....   in other words it starts with the word Core and is followed by a string of symbols...I feel like its a malicious program....any thoughts?

    (like previous user says, there is NO locating it in any systems list

    also, when I go to my core security manager I am told that it cannot access required memory to apply security measures.....

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-10-18T08:16:11+00:00

    This is the problem I am having and it is so annoying I don't which app is open.  I click usually close anyway cause I am sick and tired of the message.  Sometimes I come back the computer its still on. This happened after an update to windows. Really annoying.

    It would help if you mentioned which of the possible solutions, posted here, that you have tried and that did not work, i.e. have you tried running the Windows System File Checker that I posted on October 4th. 2019?

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