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I just downloaded the Kindle app for my Windows 10 PC. When I open a book, the app takes up the entire screen. I can't see any of my other apps, and I can't figure out how to close Kindle or switch to another app. If I hit ESC, it does nothing. The only way I can get out of the book is to hit the Windows key on my keyboard, but this doesn't seem like a useful solution.
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if your in full screen on windows 10 and on a touchscreen device (2-in-1 devices) and detachable keyboard, you just touch the bottom middle of the page and a menu appears, touch the X and your out of full screen.
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I was stuck at that too but figured out: It's F11! F11 toggles in and out of full screen. Jeez...
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Swipe from the right. Click 'Settings', 'Control Panel'. The ctrl panel should pop up as should a bar along the bottom. Look for the Kindle app on the bar and close it like you would normally close a program by R clicking/holding it down.
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The Kindle app must think it's on a tablet, or it's a "tablet only" app for Win 10, so it will have no visible title bar or close/minimize/maximize buttons. There are 2 ways.
Using your finger (if a touchscreen) or mouse, "grab" the top of the Kindle app window where the title bar would normally be, and drag the window down. The app will disappear and this will close the app.
or hit the Escape key. This should also exit the app.
In both cases you will likely return to your (what I call) "tablet desktop", which is different from the normal Windows desktop that has been in use for 20+ years.
The "tablet desktop" has link to many apps, but in the bottom left (on my PC anyway) it has a link to a normal desktop you are used to.
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On my Win10 machine I just downloaded the kindle version amazon made for windows 7 because of all the issues I had with the version from the store. You could try using that in the future. www.amazon.com/gp/kindle/pc/download
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This drove me nuts, too. Alt-tab will allow you to move away from the the Kindle screen, but it doesn't close it. If Kindle offers a direct keystroke to close the program, they're keeping it a secret. But here's how you can force close it: move your cursor over the "K" (for Kindle) in your Windows Task Bar. Right click and select "Close window". Adios Kindle.
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For my installation of Win10 I can still use alt tab or the like if I'm using a full screen application.
Maybe that would work for you, did you get the application from the website or from the store?
Sometimes they differ.
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