Application Not listed In Force Quit Applications Window

I running an application that is not displaying in the Force Quit Applications window.
When Adobe Lightroom 3 is running it is not listed.
I have quit the application and relaunched it and it still is not appearing in the list of Applications that are running.
What may have happened? How can I remedy this issue?
Thank you.

Why do you need to invoke the force quit? Are you experiencing hangups, freezes, or ?
When you have the Help section pop up window of an application open, the app itself stays "hidden" until you close the help window - you have to get used to closing that first.

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Short Story: in various applications, at various times, the program stops responding and Force Quit does not work. Usually this occurs when using the SAVE AS, or Export As, or Import function. Ultimately, i have to do a hard restart.
Long Story. I have an eMac G4 that was running 10.3.8. it was networked at home via airport with an eMac, TiPB and Cube. All was good. Then we moved. I reestablished my home network, but this time will all 'puters hooked up via ethernet. My eMac then started experiencing bad behavior. For example, iDVD would hang when burning a DVD. Or, MS Word would hang when printing to PDF. Or when i tried using save as. Force Quit would appear to work, forcing the window to close. but the dock would still show the program open. when i return to Force Quit, the offending program would be there in red (not responding). Other open programs would then do same thing. only recourse would be to do a hard restart.
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i bought disk warrior and ran it several times. same problem.
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Hi, iciclesteve.
Troubleshooting freezes and hangs — which appears to be the root issue — is not unlike troubleshooting kernel panics: the steps are virtually the same. As a troubleshooting roadmap, use the steps in my "Resolving Kernel Panics" FAQ.
It's also possible the eMac may have been damaged in the move, or something has become unseated (added RAM, AirPort card, etc.) or loose as a result of shipping. Check these things if installed.
Running the Apple Hardware Test that came with the eMac — the first step in my FAQ above — is a good step, but my FAQ should help you sort this out further if the Apple Hardware Test — or the subsequent suggestions on RAM testing — doesn't find a cause.
Good luck!
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I believe he was answering what you were implying by implying that Automator would automatically be aware of the actions once you've used the application.
If it doesn't have any actions, then the app won't show up in Automator. If you've downloaded actions for an app separate from it, you can add the actions using an option in Automator's File menu. More about that here.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Automator/1.0/en/ensm1010.html
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Essentially these are the side effects of force quit:
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3. Open backup cache documents may get corrupted, making an application unexpectedly quit the next time it is opened, or the document next time it is opened unexpectedly quit.
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It should only happen if you have command-option-escape depressed. Try hooking a different keyboard. If you have speakable items turned on, it may have a shortcut to force quit that is activated by another shortcut. Check your speakable item shortcuts. There is a menu for force quit in the Apple menu which may be selected by some shortcut program.

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Hi,
I have now had two instances when an application which I needed to force quit, would not quit.
Both instances were with _*Elgato EyeTV version 2.5(3011)*_. OK the application would look as if it quits and disappear form the screen, but when checking in the DOCK the little triangle is there there. There was an error message "-600".
I tried to repeat force quit to no avail. Douple clicking to restart the programme fully would not work either. Restarting would however resolve the problem.
I suppose I should have tried to kill the application in TERMINAL.
Any other explanations?
Has anybody else come across resilient applications like that?
Regards

Thanks,
I agree - force quit works better when first activating the Finder. If that gives you the rolling ball, trying the Activity Monitor is a good option.
But the two events I am referring to are clearly different: ok, I used the Blue Apple Force Quit option, but the application would only sort of 'half quit'. There would be an error message: - 600. Also the Activity triangle in the dock would still be there. It would again be listed as an active application in the Blue Apple 'Force Quit' window. Force quitting in this window, would again remove it from that list, but the triangle would remain unchanged.
Also starting the application again would not work. - OK, I did not try killing it in TERMINAL then,
as I was about to switch off anyway. I used the Blue Apple option for that. No problems with it.
Restarting later was without problems either.
It just looks as if this particular application Elgato EyeTV +*would get stuck 'half way' after force quitting*+... Odd!
Have you observed anything like that with any application?
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Have to force quit applications

I'm finding that I'll be working and have 4-5 programs up at a time (Outlook, itunes, Safari, Photoshop & Illustrator) and I'm constantly watching my Activity Monitor because I don't want files to freeze (spinny rainbow wheel). Even then I end up having to force quit a lot of the time. Why can't I work on multiple programs at once.
Also, I'll be in a program and go to open a file and won't be able to see all my folders. Any suggestions?

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PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.
Reboot, test again.
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