There are several threads relating to Windows 10 and Diablo 3 hanging and freezing after the 1709 build was released by Microsoft. Blizzard has stayed silent over this matter and refused to address the freezing issues. This work-a-round be it a partial one will prevent you from having to use ctrl-alt-del and logging off your system.
It uses a simple hot hey combination of holding down the following keys ctrl-alt-b
This will simply kill the hung exe that is consuming literally gigs of memory. the exe that I see is :
Diablo III64.exe and Diablo III.exe
The application silently runs in the background and waits for the combination of keys to be held down and will kill said application above. It will NOT kill the D3 Launcher.
here is an example of Blizzards failure to address the issue:
https://us.battle.net/forums/en/d3/topic/20759210139?page=5#post-100
Features
- Runs in the background ( system tray icon )
- Right clicking system tray icon exits application
- Symantec - False Positive submission (108785)
- No more ctrl-alt-del and logging off every time the game freezes as you start a new game in town