How to pause a program at any time on Windows 10
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
asked Nov 24 '18 at 9:16
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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
asked Nov 24 '18 at 9:16
Vilém ProcházkaVilém Procházka
1083
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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
asked Nov 24 '18 at 9:16
Vilém ProcházkaVilém Procházka
1083
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
asked Nov 24 '18 at 9:16
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asked Nov 24 '18 at 9:16
Vilém ProcházkaVilém Procházka
1083
asked Nov 24 '18 at 9:16
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asked Nov 24 '18 at 9:16
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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 '18 at 9:44
Christoph SommerChristoph 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 '18 at 15:30
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I will leave the accepted answer intact but I would like to share what I ultimately did.
The VM approach didn't work well, the pausing was hard to bind to a shortcut and was slow.
I also tried to write a process suspension script which looked like a promising solution. But it was really slow and half the time the process didn't even come up.
My final solution was to simply use the print screen key and referencing the dialog screenshots after the characters stopped talking.
answered Jan 14 at 11:58
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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 '18 at 9:44
Christoph SommerChristoph Sommer
2244
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 '18 at 15:30
add a comment |
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 '18 at 9:44
Christoph SommerChristoph Sommer
2244
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 '18 at 15:30
add a comment |
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 '18 at 9:44
Christoph SommerChristoph Sommer
2244
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 '18 at 9:44
Christoph SommerChristoph Sommer
2244
answered Nov 24 '18 at 9:44
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answered Nov 24 '18 at 9:44
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answered Nov 24 '18 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 '18 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 '18 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 '18 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 '18 at 15:30
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I will leave the accepted answer intact but I would like to share what I ultimately did.
The VM approach didn't work well, the pausing was hard to bind to a shortcut and was slow.
I also tried to write a process suspension script which looked like a promising solution. But it was really slow and half the time the process didn't even come up.
My final solution was to simply use the print screen key and referencing the dialog screenshots after the characters stopped talking.
answered Jan 14 at 11:58
Vilém ProcházkaVilém Procházka
1083
add a comment |
I will leave the accepted answer intact but I would like to share what I ultimately did.
The VM approach didn't work well, the pausing was hard to bind to a shortcut and was slow.
I also tried to write a process suspension script which looked like a promising solution. But it was really slow and half the time the process didn't even come up.
My final solution was to simply use the print screen key and referencing the dialog screenshots after the characters stopped talking.
answered Jan 14 at 11:58
Vilém ProcházkaVilém Procházka
1083
add a comment |
I will leave the accepted answer intact but I would like to share what I ultimately did.
The VM approach didn't work well, the pausing was hard to bind to a shortcut and was slow.
I also tried to write a process suspension script which looked like a promising solution. But it was really slow and half the time the process didn't even come up.
My final solution was to simply use the print screen key and referencing the dialog screenshots after the characters stopped talking.
answered Jan 14 at 11:58
Vilém ProcházkaVilém Procházka
1083
I will leave the accepted answer intact but I would like to share what I ultimately did.
The VM approach didn't work well, the pausing was hard to bind to a shortcut and was slow.
I also tried to write a process suspension script which looked like a promising solution. But it was really slow and half the time the process didn't even come up.
My final solution was to simply use the print screen key and referencing the dialog screenshots after the characters stopped talking.
answered Jan 14 at 11:58
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