How to pause a program at any time on Windows 10
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I want to use point and click adventure games to help me study a foreign language. Being a beginner I need to take my time with each sentence. Unfortunatelly none of the games I bought offer a pause functionality in the middle of a dialog or cutscene.
Is there a way to pause/freeze a program on Windows preferably using a shortcut?
windows-10 freeze pause
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I want to use point and click adventure games to help me study a foreign language. Being a beginner I need to take my time with each sentence. Unfortunatelly none of the games I bought offer a pause functionality in the middle of a dialog or cutscene.
Is there a way to pause/freeze a program on Windows preferably using a shortcut?
windows-10 freeze pause
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I want to use point and click adventure games to help me study a foreign language. Being a beginner I need to take my time with each sentence. Unfortunatelly none of the games I bought offer a pause functionality in the middle of a dialog or cutscene.
Is there a way to pause/freeze a program on Windows preferably using a shortcut?
windows-10 freeze pause
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I want to use point and click adventure games to help me study a foreign language. Being a beginner I need to take my time with each sentence. Unfortunatelly none of the games I bought offer a pause functionality in the middle of a dialog or cutscene.
Is there a way to pause/freeze a program on Windows preferably using a shortcut?
windows-10 freeze pause
windows-10 freeze pause
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You could try running the program in a virtual machine (VM). Most VM management software allows you to pause a running VM.
Alternatively, your program might also pause automatically when it loses focus, so running it in window mode, then switching to another program might help as well.
answered Nov 24 at 9:44
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These are good suggestions. I did try the window mode approach before with no luck. I can totally see how the VM solution should help. Thanks.
– Vilém Procházka
Nov 26 at 15:30
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You could try running the program in a virtual machine (VM). Most VM management software allows you to pause a running VM.
Alternatively, your program might also pause automatically when it loses focus, so running it in window mode, then switching to another program might help as well.
answered Nov 24 at 9:44
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These are good suggestions. I did try the window mode approach before with no luck. I can totally see how the VM solution should help. Thanks.
– Vilém Procházka
Nov 26 at 15:30
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You could try running the program in a virtual machine (VM). Most VM management software allows you to pause a running VM.
Alternatively, your program might also pause automatically when it loses focus, so running it in window mode, then switching to another program might help as well.
answered Nov 24 at 9:44
Christoph Sommer
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These are good suggestions. I did try the window mode approach before with no luck. I can totally see how the VM solution should help. Thanks.
– Vilém Procházka
Nov 26 at 15:30
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up vote
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You could try running the program in a virtual machine (VM). Most VM management software allows you to pause a running VM.
Alternatively, your program might also pause automatically when it loses focus, so running it in window mode, then switching to another program might help as well.
answered Nov 24 at 9:44
Christoph Sommer
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You could try running the program in a virtual machine (VM). Most VM management software allows you to pause a running VM.
Alternatively, your program might also pause automatically when it loses focus, so running it in window mode, then switching to another program might help as well.
answered Nov 24 at 9:44
Christoph Sommer
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These are good suggestions. I did try the window mode approach before with no luck. I can totally see how the VM solution should help. Thanks.
– Vilém Procházka
Nov 26 at 15:30
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These are good suggestions. I did try the window mode approach before with no luck. I can totally see how the VM solution should help. Thanks.
– Vilém Procházka
Nov 26 at 15:30
These are good suggestions. I did try the window mode approach before with no luck. I can totally see how the VM solution should help. Thanks.
– Vilém Procházka
Nov 26 at 15:30
These are good suggestions. I did try the window mode approach before with no luck. I can totally see how the VM solution should help. Thanks.
– Vilém Procházka
Nov 26 at 15:30
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