General Open Task Manager in Windows 11


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This tutorial will show you how to open Task Manager in Windows 11.

Task Manager can be used to view and manage your processes, performance statistics, app history, startup apps, users, processes 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.

Starting with Windows 11 build 22626.891 and Windows 11 build 25247, Microsoft is bringing process filtering to Task Manager. This is the top feature request from users to filter/search for processes from the new search box at the top of Task Manager. You can filter either using the binary name, PID or publisher name. The filter algorithm matches the context keyword with all possible matches and displays them on the current page. The filter is also applied as you switch between pages. You can also use the keyboard shortcut ALT + F to focus on the filter box. This is a helpful feature if you want to single out a process or a group of processes and want to take action or just monitor the performance of the filtered processes.

PageDescription
ProcessesThe Processes tab is shown by default when the Task Manager is launched. It’s the place where you can manage running apps and services, and also monitor high-level performance stats.

On the Processes tab, there are two primary components of the UI: Running processes (left side) and the heat map (right side). In the Task Manager, running processes are sorted by apps, non-Windows background processes, and Windows processes. Apps are sorted out at the top, making it easy to find, monitor, and manage apps without having to scan all processes and scroll through many items as you had to in prior versions of Task Manager.

The heat map (shown in varying shades of yellow and orange above) is a visualization of the resource utilization for processes which makes it easy to pinpoint where high resource utilization is taking place.

The heat map is color-coded with low resource utilization shown in pale yellow, with darker shades of yellow and orange representing progressively greater resource utilization. If resource utilization has reached a critical level, the value will be shown with a red background.
PerformanceIn the Performance tab, you can also double click/tap on the left or right side to switch to summary view. To return to normal view, just double click/tap anywhere in the small footprint mode window.

On the left-hand side of the performance view live mini-graph views are shown for each performance metric, and on the right-hand side you see a detail graph for the selected metric. Each performance category has a unique information view at the bottom that shows relevant statistics for the performance category currently selected. One of the great enhancements in these graph views is how the bounds of the graphs are dynamically scaled to current utilization.
App historyThe App history tab shows historical resource utilization metrics for apps. By default, the view shows only Microsoft Store apps resource utilization.

You can open Settings, and turn on (check) Show history for all processes to see historical resource utilization for all apps.
Startup appsIn the startup tab, you can see a summary of startup performance, and tune startup behavior all in one place.

You can activate more columns by right clicking the column header that are not shown by default including startup type, disk I/O at startup, CPU at startup, running now, disabled time, and command line.
UsersIn the users tab, you can manage user accounts that are currently signed in, see what processes users are running, and what percentage of system resources they are using.
DetailsThe Details tab displays information about the processes that are running on the PC. A process can be an application that you start or subsystems and services that are managed by Windows.
ServicesThe services tab allows you to view and manager services that are running on your PC.

You can press and hold the Ctrl key to stop the processes in Task Manager from moving around.



Contents



EXAMPLE: Task Manager

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Option One

Open Task Manager using Keyboard Shortcut


1 Press the Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys.




Option Two

Open Task Manager from Win+X Quick Link Menu


1 Open the Win+X Quick Link menu. (see screenshot below)

2 Click/tap on Task Manager.

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Option Three

Open Task Manager from Ctrl+Alt+Delete Screen


1 Press the Ctrl + Alt + Del keys.

2 Click/tap on Task Manager.

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Option Four

Open Task Manager from Search


1 Open Search (Win+S) or the Start menu.

2 Type Task Manager into the search box. (see screenshot below)

3 Click/tap on Open for Task Manager.

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Option Five

Open Task Manager from Windows Tools


1 Open Windows Tools.

2 Click/tap on Task Manager. (see screenshot below)

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Option Six

Open Task Manager from Run


1 Open Run (Win+R).

2 Type Taskmgr or LaunchTM into Run, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

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Option Seven

Open Task Manager from Command Line


1 Open the Windows Terminal, Command Prompt, or PowerShell console.

2 Type Taskmgr or LaunchTM into the console, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

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Option Eight

Open Task Manager from Taskbar


1 Right click or press and hold on the taskbar, and click/tap on Task Manager. (see screenshot below)

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Option Nine

Open Old Task Manager from Run


1 Open Run (Win+R).

2 Type Taskmgr -d into Run, and click/tap on OK.


That's it,
Shawn Brink


 
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Another gem, 69 years old and I'm still learning like an infant.
 

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I miss right click on Taskbar functionality, so I've pinned it to Taskbar.
 

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So does that mean you can't right click the taskbar anymore for TaskManager?
lame Microsoft... always making changes that don't need to be changed... :mad:(n)
 

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I miss right click on Taskbar functionality, so I've pinned it to Taskbar.
It could get added back. We're still in early releases.
 

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    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
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    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
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    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
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    ASUS B460M
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    16 GB DDR4 Crucial
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    Intel on chip
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It's sad that it was removed from taskbar context menu. On my tablet I added shortcut to task manager to classic shell (again, sad is not updated anymore, it doesn't affect Win11 start button, so You get two ^^), so u have easier way to start it, but no shortcuts on my taskbar (prefer it clean).
 

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I thought you couldn't pin it to the taskbar in 11
You can pin anything to the taskbar as long as you rename it to exe and then back.

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It's sad that it was removed from taskbar context menu.
True, but I'm finding it just as easy and quick to press WinKey+X and select it from that menu.
 

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    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
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    Radeon Graphics
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    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD
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    Intel® Core™ i5-520M
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    8GB
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In addition, a right click on the Start button will have Task Manager available in the Win+X menu.

It's about the same as right clicking on the taskbar. :-)
 

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System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self build
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING (11GB GDDR5X)
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G75 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3 wall mounted
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gbps Download and 35 Mbps Upload
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender and Malwarebytes Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Surface Laptop 7 Copilot+ PC
    CPU
    Snapdragon X Elite (12 core) 3.42 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB LPDDR5x-7467 MHz
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15" HDR
    Screen Resolution
    2496 x 1664
    Hard Drives
    1 TB SSD
    Internet Speed
    Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4
    Browser
    Chrome and Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
In addition, a right click on the Start button will have Task Manager available in the Win+X menu.

It's about the same as right clicking on the taskbar. :)
Start button has one dimension less than Taskbar ;)
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11 Dev
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Homebuilt
    CPU
    Intel I3 10100
    Motherboard
    ASUS B460M
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4 Crucial
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel on chip
    Sound Card
    Realtek onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS 24, LG 24
    Screen Resolution
    Full HD x 2
    Hard Drives
    kingston A2000 NVMe PCIe 500 GB
    PSU
    LC Power 650W
    Case
    Noname
    Cooling
    Air 2x 120mm
    Keyboard
    Cherry G-81
    Mouse
    Logitech M500
    Internet Speed
    100/20
    Browser
    Firefox, Vivaldi
    Antivirus
    MS Defender
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Home
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    Laptop
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    Ryzen 7 4700u
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    8 GB DDR4
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    Realtek onboard
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True, but I'm finding it just as easy and quick to press WinKey+X and select it from that menu.
I have tablet, that has a dock, but I rarely use it. So win+x is impossible for me :(
 

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  • OS
    Win11 Pro PL-PL (x64) Insider Canary
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    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Optiplex 7010 DT
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    Intel Xeon E3-1270 v2
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    Dell Optiplex 7010 DT
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    16GB DDR3 1333 MHz (2x Kingston 99U5584 + 2x 99U5471)
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    Gigabyte GTX1050 Ti LP OC 4G
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    Realtek ALC269Q (Onkyo TX-SR307)
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    LG 47LS5600
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    1920x1080
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    SanDisk Ultra II 240GB,
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    Dell B250AD-00 (250W)
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    Dell Optiplex 7010 DT
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    Cryorig C7, be quiet! Pure Wings 2 80mm
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    Logitech K400 Plus
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    Microsoft Edge
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    Kaspersky Free, Malwarebytes
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    Win11 Home PL-PL (x64) Insider Canary
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    AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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    Gigabyte B450 AORUS Elite V2
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    16GB DDR4 3000 MHz (2x G.Skill Aegis F43000C16D16GISB)
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    XFX Radeon RX 6600 Gaming SPEEDSTER SWFT
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    Logitech MX Master 2s
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    Logitech K750 Solar
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In addition, a right click on the Start button will have Task Manager available in the Win+X menu.

It's about the same as right clicking on the taskbar. :)
To be true I cannot manage to get win+X menu by "right clicking it" ) long press) on touch screen. It's like I cannot press on the button (even if I do) and i always end right-clicking the taskbar, which shows me "taskbar settings" option only.

That's why manager in context menu was useful for me more than win+X.
 

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    Win11 Pro PL-PL (x64) Insider Canary
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    Dell Optiplex 7010 DT
    CPU
    Intel Xeon E3-1270 v2
    Motherboard
    Dell Optiplex 7010 DT
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1333 MHz (2x Kingston 99U5584 + 2x 99U5471)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GTX1050 Ti LP OC 4G
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC269Q (Onkyo TX-SR307)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 47LS5600
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    SanDisk Ultra II 240GB,
    Samsung 870 Evo 500GB,
    Samsung 860 QVO 1TB
    PSU
    Dell B250AD-00 (250W)
    Case
    Dell Optiplex 7010 DT
    Cooling
    Cryorig C7, be quiet! Pure Wings 2 80mm
    Keyboard
    Logitech K400 Plus
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    Logitech K400 Plus
    Internet Speed
    Intel 82579LM
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
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    Kaspersky Free, Malwarebytes
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    Win11 Home PL-PL (x64) Insider Canary
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    PC/Desktop
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    AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B450 AORUS Elite V2
    Memory
    16GB DDR4 3000 MHz (2x G.Skill Aegis F43000C16D16GISB)
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX Radeon RX 6600 Gaming SPEEDSTER SWFT
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC892
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung (S24H650 + 2x S24E650)
    Screen Resolution
    3360x1910 (AMD Eyefinity)
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba XG5 256GB,
    ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB,
    Samsung 870 QVO 1TB
    PSU
    Dell PA-12 (65W)
    Case
    Corsair Carbide 330R Blackout
    Cooling
    Deepcool Maelstrom 240 RGB, 3x Deepcool CF140, 2x Deepcool CF120
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 2s
    Keyboard
    Logitech K750 Solar
    Internet Speed
    Realtek 8118
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender, Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    Xbox One PUBG Controller
To be true I cannot manage to get win+X menu by "right clicking it" ) long press) on touch screen. It's like I cannot press on the button (even if I do) and i always end right-clicking the taskbar, which shows me "taskbar settings" option only.

That's why manager in context menu was useful for me more than win+X.
Did you try with two fiingers tap? >Should be right click, at least it is on my touchscreen
but Icon is really small for this

Edit: long press (or longer) is right click for me
 

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    Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11 Dev
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    PC/Desktop
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    Homebuilt
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    Intel I3 10100
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    ASUS B460M
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    16 GB DDR4 Crucial
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    Intel on chip
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    Realtek onboard
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    ASUS 24, LG 24
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    Full HD x 2
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    kingston A2000 NVMe PCIe 500 GB
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    LC Power 650W
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    Noname
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    Air 2x 120mm
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    Cherry G-81
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    Logitech M500
    Internet Speed
    100/20
    Browser
    Firefox, Vivaldi
    Antivirus
    MS Defender
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    Windows 10 Home
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    Laptop
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    ASUS/Vivobook Flip 14
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    Ryzen 7 4700u
    Memory
    8 GB DDR4
    Graphics card(s)
    AMD Vega
    Sound Card
    Realtek onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14"
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    FullHD
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    512 Samsung NVMe PCIe
    PSU
    -
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    Laptop
    Mouse
    Touchpad, Touchscreen
    Internet Speed
    100/20
    Browser
    Firefox, Vivaldi
    Antivirus
    MS Defender
Did you try with two fiingers tap? >Should be right click, at least it is on my touchscreen
but Icon is really small for this

Edit: long press (or longer) is right click for me
Icon is to small, as I can click it with mouse, but not with my fingers. As since Win8 Microsoft is trying to be more touch friendly, I think that right clicking/long pressing whole start button should show win+X menu and not just the right corner. It's not possible to press the corner with fingers (no problem with pen).
 

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    Win11 Pro PL-PL (x64) Insider Canary
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    Dell Optiplex 7010 DT
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    Intel Xeon E3-1270 v2
    Motherboard
    Dell Optiplex 7010 DT
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1333 MHz (2x Kingston 99U5584 + 2x 99U5471)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GTX1050 Ti LP OC 4G
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC269Q (Onkyo TX-SR307)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 47LS5600
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    SanDisk Ultra II 240GB,
    Samsung 870 Evo 500GB,
    Samsung 860 QVO 1TB
    PSU
    Dell B250AD-00 (250W)
    Case
    Dell Optiplex 7010 DT
    Cooling
    Cryorig C7, be quiet! Pure Wings 2 80mm
    Keyboard
    Logitech K400 Plus
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    Logitech K400 Plus
    Internet Speed
    Intel 82579LM
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Kaspersky Free, Malwarebytes
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    Win11 Home PL-PL (x64) Insider Canary
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    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B450 AORUS Elite V2
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    16GB DDR4 3000 MHz (2x G.Skill Aegis F43000C16D16GISB)
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX Radeon RX 6600 Gaming SPEEDSTER SWFT
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC892
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung (S24H650 + 2x S24E650)
    Screen Resolution
    3360x1910 (AMD Eyefinity)
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba XG5 256GB,
    ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB,
    Samsung 870 QVO 1TB
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    Dell PA-12 (65W)
    Case
    Corsair Carbide 330R Blackout
    Cooling
    Deepcool Maelstrom 240 RGB, 3x Deepcool CF140, 2x Deepcool CF120
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 2s
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    Logitech K750 Solar
    Internet Speed
    Realtek 8118
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
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    Microsoft Defender, Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    Xbox One PUBG Controller
Icon is to small, as I can click it with mouse, but not with my fingers. As since Win8 Microsoft is trying to be more touch friendly, I think that right clicking/long pressing whole start button should show win+X menu and not just the right corner. It's not possible to press the corner with fingers (no problem with pen).

That is probably one of the reasons that the taskbar can be set to center versus left-justified, to give people more room for that exact right-click via long press on the start button.
 

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In addition, a right click on the Start button will have Task Manager available in the Win+X menu.

It's about the same as right clicking on the taskbar. :)
That is how I have always done it. :)
 

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    Intel Core i7-10700K
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    ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/ax
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    16GB (8GB PC4-19200 DDR4 SDRAM x2)
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI
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    Realtek Audio
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    Samsung SAM0A87 Samsung SAM0D32
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    NVMe WDC WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 1TB
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Is there a way to run a command or create a shortcut file to open Taskmgr directly in the Details tab?
I've just come from the W10 Forums where there is a download designed to accomplish this, but it isn't working. Honestly it's really old and I'm not too sure if that download is working on W10 either. I've only now been inspired to accomplish this. I am able to open directly to the Startup tab of Taskmgr by using arguments in a shortcut or command:
Code:
C:\Windows\System32\Taskmgr.exe /0 /startup

I understand that I can use the Taskmgr Options menu to set the default tab to Details, I also understand I can edit the following Registry key to make the Details tab default without first manually opening Taskmgr Details tab:
Code:
REG ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TaskManager\ /V StartUpTab /T REG_DWORD /D 5 /F
START Taskmgr.exe
...so as you can see, adding the second line will produce a .bat file to open the Default tab of Taskmgr in a single click, which may be as good as it gets. I'm just wondering if I can make a single line command or a shortcut to do this, my application of the solution is to run it off my utility flash disk on any other PC than my own, say on a client's device or a fresh Windows install for example. Maybe it's not ideal to create the new default and leave it there. I'd rather not add more code to delete the Registry key or otherwise reset the default tab. For example I have a server I'd rather see the Users tab by default, maybe I want to use this shortcut every once in awhile and not have it change the custom default.

btw- I am able to long press the corner oriented Start button on my desktop touch screen to invoke the Win+X menu without issue.
 

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    AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz
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    ASRock x470 Taichi (P4.70)
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    Crucial
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    EVGA GeForce GTX 1070
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    ViewSonic TD2230 22" 10-Point Multi Touch
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    1080P
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    2x M.2 Intel SSDPEKNW512G8X1 660p 512GB
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    Seasonic FOCUS GX-750 SSR-750FX
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