Can I force a program to crash?

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chris

It may seem an odd question but in the Windows courses I give, I would
like to simulate a program crash, in order to be able to show the
tasks window and the "Not responding" text. Now I know most programs
crash from time to time but they won't do it on the right moment ;-(
So if you know of a way to force a program to crash, please let me
know.
Tia,
Chris
 
chris said:
It may seem an odd question but in the Windows courses I give, I would
like to simulate a program crash, in order to be able to show the
tasks window and the "Not responding" text. Now I know most programs
crash from time to time but they won't do it on the right moment ;-(
So if you know of a way to force a program to crash, please let me
know.
Tia,
Chris
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Just write a little application that performs an illegal operation - use an
invalid pointer or divide by zero? The application would then crash.
 

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