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I like new taskmgr more, it actually kills applications without having to go into detailed view and remember what the exe is called. Old taskmgr would bring up
by jedieaston 6y ago
I like new taskmgr more, it actually kills applications without having to go into detailed view and remember what the exe is called. Old taskmgr would bring up the “Application is not responding, what do you want to do about it?” screen, which is useless by time you bring up taskmgr and the app is hanging.
- ineedasername 6y ago* >kills applications without having to go into detailed view* For apps that are well & truly borked, the new app-driven interface often fails in this for me. But it does let me right-click and "go to details" and kill it there, so it's still an improvement.
- thejsa 6y agoHave you tried clicking the ‘End Task’ button twice? It’s arguably rather unintuitive, but in my experience the first click seems to send a ‘politely quit’ signal and the second results in the merciless massacre which hasn’t failed me yet.
- ineedasername 6y agoYep, sometimes after a few attempts a box will come up saying "this app is unresponsive" and it seems about even chance if that will end the task