Better way to open Windows Task Manager???

Started by iONik, December 06, 2008, 12:42:50 PM

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iONik

I'm looking for a better way to open Windows XP Windows task manager. The ctrl-alt-del is too cumbersome requireing two hands and for me to remove one hand from the mouse. I'd like a shortcut in the on the desktop or quicklaunchbar.

Is this possible??

Thanks

BC_Programmer

It sure is! All you need to do, is create a shortcut on your desktop; point it to taskmgr.exe

Then; it you would like it in your quick-launch bar, you can simply drag it there. Quick and painless! ;D
I was trying to dereference Null Pointers before it was cool.

ChrisXPPro

Plus too - add the shortcut to start up folder and it'll come up at boot if you want it handy.

I run a very shrunk TM tucked at top corner of my 2nd monitor - just to keep an eye on CPU activity - and it can always stay minimized anyways if need be.
Ain't technology great - until it goes wrong!

iONik

Now that you describe the "How-To" I now think how silly I was not to have known. Every time I invoke task manager with ctrl-alt-del, taskmgr.exe shows up in the list! Duh! brain-gas...

Thanks for the reply.

I managed to find the exe in:
C:\WINDOWS\System32

For some reason, though, find files/folders did not pick it up. Is there a reason for this? ....and a fix!!

Thanks

ALAN_BR

I always right click on the task bar, then select Task Manger (second from the bottom

Regards
Alan

iONik

Quote from: ALAN_BR on December 06, 2008, 03:51:34 PM
I always right click on the task bar, then select Task Manger (second from the bottom

Regards
Alan

An already simple solution without any work. Nice!

Broni

QuoteFor some reason, though, find files/folders did not pick it up. Is there a reason for this? ....and a fix!!
No fix. This is how crappy Windows search is.
I use SuperFinder (free): http://freewarewiki.com/SuperFinder. It installs under right click menu.

BC_Programmer

I used to use a program I made when I first started using XP, I HATED... Hate, actually, the search interface used by Explorer aww, look at the cute little puppy! I want to find files darn it! annoying to navigate.

Anyway- so as a demonstration of my File Handling Library I wrote in Visual Basic, I duplicated the Find Tool from Win98 (the interface and so forth)

it worked GREAT; but there were incompatibilities with the code and XP; mostly oriented towards my extraction of file icons and alpha channels; other then that it worked great.

But; my flash drive failed, and I accidentally sent a CD RW drives BIOS flash to the hard drive I was using to store data; strangely reduced it's total capacity by 2GB (from only 4GB) and made it's contents unreadable.

VERY bad point in my coding history.

And that is why I can't use it anymore, it's almost as if it never existed...

I rewrote, or am rewriting the libraries I lost, and then my major apps; this time I get to rearchitecture them to try to solve problems I had coding them before.


wow.

all that about a find tool.
I was trying to dereference Null Pointers before it was cool.

iONik

Quote from: Broni on December 06, 2008, 07:07:41 PM
QuoteFor some reason, though, find files/folders did not pick it up. Is there a reason for this? ....and a fix!!
No fix. This is how crappy Windows search is.
I use SuperFinder (free): http://freewarewiki.com/SuperFinder. It installs under right click menu.

SuperFinder did locate the taskmgr.exe file and looks like a nice program, however, if failed to list the three partitions of my hard drive as default search locations.

iONik

Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 06, 2008, 07:14:18 PM
I used to use a program I made when I first started using XP, I HATED... Hate, actually, the search interface used by Explorer aww, look at the cute little puppy! I want to find files darn it! annoying to navigate.

Anyway- so as a demonstration of my File Handling Library I wrote in Visual Basic, I duplicated the Find Tool from Win98 (the interface and so forth)

it worked GREAT; but there were incompatibilities with the code and XP; mostly oriented towards my extraction of file icons and alpha channels; other then that it worked great.

But; my flash drive failed, and I accidentally sent a CD RW drives BIOS flash to the hard drive I was using to store data; strangely reduced it's total capacity by 2GB (from only 4GB) and made it's contents unreadable.

VERY bad point in my coding history.

And that is why I can't use it anymore, it's almost as if it never existed...

I rewrote, or am rewriting the libraries I lost, and then my major apps; this time I get to rearchitecture them to try to solve problems I had coding them before.


wow.

all that about a find tool.

Yes, ALL THAT ABOUT A FIND TOOL.  But I have to admit, I did read it all and enjoyed the story.

Just one thing....don't ask me to be a beta-tester with the new code you write!!!!! I already have $1,000.00
of a dead HDD I need to save up for in order to retrieve the data.

Broni

QuoteSuperFinder did locate the taskmgr.exe
Make sure, under Advanced tab, all 4 boxes are checkmarked.

Quoteif failed to list the three partitions of my hard drive as default search locations
It'll search one partition at a time.
Right click on any partition, and you'll find SuperFinder option there.