JamesMonaghan
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Task Manager disappears when minimized
We have two Windows 2003 servers, both enterprise edition.
If you open task manager and in the Options, tick "Minimize on use" and "Hide when minimized".
Now when you minimize it, it vanishes !
It also does not show up in the systray at all, only shows on task bar.
Any ideas ?
If you open task manager and in the Options, tick "Minimize on use" and "Hide when minimized".
Now when you minimize it, it vanishes !
It also does not show up in the systray at all, only shows on task bar.
Any ideas ?
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Hello James,
Apparently, this happens in XP also. There is an interesting fix mentioned here:
http://www.computergripes.com/windowsxp.and.me.html
A reader of this page has experienced this problem too and wrote to say that if you kill Task Manager from itself and then launch a new instance, the problem disappears. I have not yet verified this.
Apparently, this happens in XP also. There is an interesting fix mentioned here:
http://www.computergripes.com/windowsxp.and.me.html
A reader of this page has experienced this problem too and wrote to say that if you kill Task Manager from itself and then launch a new instance, the problem disappears. I have not yet verified this.
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cfairley,
Not sure if you are getting the same behavior or not in your XP, but I am not seeing the same behavior as what James is getting both in my XP pro aswell as Windows 2003 server machine.. Strange
Not sure if you are getting the same behavior or not in your XP, but I am not seeing the same behavior as what James is getting both in my XP pro aswell as Windows 2003 server machine.. Strange
Sunray,
I was not experiencing the behavior either, just offering a possible solution. Thanks for the link though. I think I'm going to spend the rest of the day examining the fixes :-)
I was not experiencing the behavior either, just offering a possible solution. Thanks for the link though. I think I'm going to spend the rest of the day examining the fixes :-)
go to properties
go to taskbar
click on "customize" under hide inactive icons and make CPU usage there as always show
see if that would change