iMac will not close with menu Apple

I can no longer stop or restart my iMac by selecting Apple menu, only the power button. I know that this is not preferable, I get the message that I have 'stop because of a problem' whenever I restart with the open the last known windows option. I use El Capitan 10.11.6 on a w/2.8 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 667 MHz 2007 iMac and a disc SSD of Crucial from 2 TB to address 4 - months old. I have read many other threads and found no match to this problem. I have nothing of freezing. I did a check of HD with disk utility, and no not found errors. I always have to close open programs before you shut down, and Activity Monitor shows no CPU hogs in action before you try to stop. Other that auto update for various programs the only thing I added in the past two weeks when it started is Dropbox and go to the meeting, the two needed for a project. I returned and eliminated those when the work has been done, still have the problem. Run the paid version of ClamXav, up-to-date and the last scan revealed files without problem. I would try a restore to a previous setting, but just by chance my WD My Book crashed and I had to reformat so nothing to fall back on.

Hi texaskellys, you can try the steps in the Apple Support topic:

OS X Yosemite: log off, sleep, restart and shut down

I wouldn't go too far without a good backup.

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