This tutorial will show yo how to change the default start page for Task Manager for your account in Windows 11.
Task Manager can be used to view and manage your processes, performance statistics, app history, startup apps, users, process details, and services in Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22557, Microsoft has updated the design of Task Manager to match the new Windows 11 design principles. This includes a new hamburger style navigation bar and a new settings page. A new command bar on each page gives access to common actions. The dark theme has now been brought to Task manager and will automatically match the system-wide theme configured in the Settings app.
You can press the Ctrl + Page Up and Ctrl + Page Down keys to navigate through pages in Task Manager.
You can select to have Task Manager always open to the Processes, Performance, App history, Startup apps, Users, Details, or Services page by default.
EXAMPLE: Processes default start page for Task Manager
Here's How:
1 Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc).
2 Click/tap on Settings in the left pane of Task Manager. (see screenshot below)
3 Select Processes (default), Performance, App history, Startup apps, Users, Details, or Services in the Default Start Page drop menu for what you want.
This setting is saved as the DefaultStartPage value to the settings.json file in the %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\TaskManager folder.
0 = Processes
1 = Performance
2 = App history
3 = Startup apps
4 = Users
5 = Details
6 = Services
4 You can now close Task Manager if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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