I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

Re:I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020) by myfonj on Sunday January 16, 2022 @04:32PM (#29960322)

My favourite part of Task Manager lore are nearly undocumented keyboard shortcuts: - pause updates by holding CTRL pressed, - hit F5 for refresh (standard binding, isn't it?), or hold F5 to get refreshes way more frequent than with View > Update Speed > High.

They might have been visible in menu mnemonics in past versions (?), or might have been mentioned in the help, but now, while still working, there is no clear way to learn them from current Windows 10 Task manager graphical interface. (Even the Help menu item is gone.)

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Re:I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020) by jjoonathan on Sunday January 16, 2022 @07:01PM (#29961791)

Is there a way to get Task Manager to kill a fullscreen app without navigating a bunch of menus behind the frozen full screen?

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Re:I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020) by xaedes on Sunday January 16, 2022 @10:32PM (#29963053)

Sometimes I could overcome that problem by switching to another virtual desktop/workspace (if necessary creating one temporarily) and using the task manager there.

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Re:I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020) by themarlzy on Monday January 17, 2022 @10:45PM (#29974838)

To save anyone else a google: Windows key + Control key + right arrow will move you to a new desktop

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Re:I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020) by davet91 on Sunday January 16, 2022 @10:21PM (#29962987)

There is a setting to always draw on top somewhere in the menubar. Saved me a couple of times.

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