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Everything is controlled by and through the operating system you are using (usually Windows). When you interact with a program with a mouse/keyboard/etc Windows detects the interaction and passes it to the program you are using. The program usually responds to say that the 'message' has been received, but in some cases - the program is too 'busy' to take on new 'job' and does not repond to Windows.

Windows then displays the message 'Program is not responding...' to let you know that it is 'busy'.

Sometimes it is due to a 'bug' in the program (it's gone into a everlasting loop for example) and it 'hangs'. This would also produce the message.

In all cases you should wait a while to see if the program becomes available, and if not, force the program to end by ending the process through Windows Task Manager. You may even need to restart your computer.

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