In the event you miss the older design of Job Supervisor in Windows 11, there’s excellent news – it’s nonetheless within the operating system and you may resurrect it – if the place to look. The present design was launched within the Windows 11 22H2 update. This Job Supervisor refresh was fairly an enormous change to the interface, and never everybody was eager on it.
Urgent the Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys or opening Job Supervisor from the Begin Menu will convey up the brand new model of Job Supervisor. Nonetheless, X user @thebookisclosed found you can convey up the older model of Job Supervisor by accessing the Home windows folder in your C: drive (most customers’ essential drive) and opening Job Supervisor by way of the app that’s situated within the SysWOW64 folder.
Do you know you can open Job Supervisor with out the brand new XAML/WinUI body by working “taskmgr -d”? pic.twitter.com/iZ2ycsIDvEMarch 25, 2024
There are two simple methods to do that:
By means of File Explorer:
1. Open File Explorer out of your Begin menu.
2. Copy and paste “C:WindowsSysWOW64Taskmgr.exe” into File Explorer’s tackle bar.
By means of the Run app:
1. Open Run from the Begin menu to open a dialog field.
2. Copy and paste “C:WindowsSysWOW64Taskmgr.exe” into the Run app’s dialog field.
3. Press Enter to launch it.
Both of those ought to launch the previous model of Job Supervisor, which you’ll be able to pin to your Taskbar as a shortcut, or create a desktop icon to entry it extra conveniently.
What to contemplate earlier than firing the previous model up
Windows Latest points out that you must be sure to select one model or the opposite, because it’s not doable to run one whereas the opposite is already working, so shut Job Supervisor if it’s already working earlier than you strive opening the previous one. Nothing dangerous will occur, however it’ll simply present the present model of Job Supervisor you’re at the moment utilizing.
The newer Job Supervisor has a brand new menu sidebar that reveals extra views, however apparently, some customers discover having this further sidebar menu complicated. It has a brand new listing of labels and icons, compounding some customers’ confusion when attempting to parse between numerous sections and processes, and looking for a selected course of. Within the newer design, there’s a Settings choices web page on this sidebar menu as properly.
The older Job Supervisor is extra minimalist, and solely has the listing of processes at the moment working, with the completely different sections and views laid out horizontally in tabs in the direction of the highest. It additionally solely helps a light-weight theme, whereas the brand new design of Job Supervisor can be utilized in mild or darkish mode. In the event you’re used to utilizing darkish mode like me, the older Job Supervisor will stand out.
One other characteristic that the newer design options is Effectivity Mode, an possibility within the right-click menu of any process that permits customers to handle useful resource consumption of the method. Effectivity Mode might be activated for third-party processes and this may unlock CPU sources for different duties, although this selection isn’t accessible for Home windows system processes.
The brand new Job Supervisor gives some very helpful options, however it will probably appear sophisticated to some customers, so if you wish to revert to the older view, it’s good to know you’ll be able to. I hope Microsoft doesn’t completely take away this selection for customers, or enable customers to vary to the older view by making the extra sidebar menu detachable or not less than collapsible. Nonetheless, as a result of the previous Job Supervisor is fairly hidden away, it doesn’t appear to be Microsoft is simply too eager on individuals utilizing it – so we could must get used to the brand new look.
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