It leaves task manager in your toolbar and not in the tray notification area by the clock which is where I keep mine minimized to, so I just have to maximize and minimize it to get it minimized to the tray.īut hey! It saves you from having to open it yourself and that's what it's all about right? For me it's a matter of my forgetting to do it if it doesn't boot with my PC and I like task manager always on and logging things like CPU,Network, and Disk usage. It takes about 5 of seconds or so after the PC boots to actually run the batch file (I imagine this depends on PC's boot speed) I've attached a photo to try and help guide you along. And it seems that the Windows 8 Task Manager doesnt pop up if I press the shortcut ++ I have tried different times (on different occasions), always waiting afterwards to make sure it isnt slow. I recently upgraded my pc from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1. Step 4: Create a shortcut for that batch file which runs your other shortcut and stick it in your startup folder (C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup) I have some problems with the Task Manager not opening on Windows 8. Step 3: Create a batch file that will launch that shortcut you made. Step 2: Make sure the shortcut to task manager is set to "Run as Administrator" Step 1: Create a shortcut to Task Manager "C:\Windows\System32\Taskmgr.exe" and save that shortcut to a folder not protected by system security, I just used my documents folder. This is a stupid amount of work to get done, what should have been as easy as creating a shortcut in your startup folder to point to task manager, but evidently Microsoft has to protect us even from ourselves now I might be a little late here, but I finally decided to go to Win 10 this week and am one who wants my task manager to boot with my PC.Īfter much deliberation I finally devised something that worked for me and wanted to share it on here if anyone's still looking for a solution.