8 Ways to Open Task Manager in Windows 10 & 11

The Task Manager in Windows is one application geeks turn to regularly. Task Manager serves as a monitoring tool, and you can manage processes, services, startups, and more. Here are the many ways you can access the Task Manager.



Open Task Manager Using Keyboard Shortcuts

There are three keyboard shortcuts to open Task Manager.

1: Press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC to open the Task Manager and press ALT + D while open to switch been More or Fewer details.

2: Press CTRL + ALT + DEL and click on Task Manager.

3: Press the Windows Key + X and click Task Manager.

Open Task Manager Using Search

4: Press the Windows Key + S, begin typing, and click on Task Manager.

You can also click on Open or Run as administrator on the right.



Also, you can pin Task Manager to Start or the Taskbar.

Open Task Manager From the Taskbar

5: Right-click on a blank space on your Taskbar and click on Task Manager.



Open Task Manager Using the Executable

LaunchTM.exe or Taskmgr.exe are the executables for the Task Manager. Knowing this adds three other possibilities.

6: Press the Windows Key + R and type in C:\Windows\System32\LaunchTM.exe

7: Type LaunchTM.exe or Taskmgr.exe in Search.

8: Type LaunchTM.exe or Taskmgr.exe from the Command Prompt or PowerShell.



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