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Can't shut down

When I try to shut down my computer I receive the following message: "The computer cannot shut down because one of the running applications would not quit. Try switching to the remaining aplications and choosing Quit from the File menu." The only program running is the Finder.  The only way I can shut down is to turn off the electricity.  Why?
I have a Mac G3 about a month old, running system 8.5.1
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Solved the problem immediately. Many thanks
I have a very similar problem, but this was not the cure.  http://www.macfixit.com/reports/macos8.6-b.shtml has a very extensive discussion of the problem, but the only cure that might work for me -- and my problem is chronic but intermittant -- is giving up my Application Switcher, of which I am very fond.  I'm considering going to the trouble of disabling the Application Switcher extension, and replacing it with one of the freeware or OneClick alternatives.

But there are definitely more reasons than this for this problem!  And there's *NOTHING* on apple's support database.  *sigh*