With either method, you’ll have fast, one-click access to Task Manager whenever you need it and without having to click or navigate past an additional layer of options. Click Yes to continue and you’ll now have a Task Manager shortcut waiting for you on your desktop, and you can then manually place it anywhere on your PC.
Windows will warn you that it can’t create the shortcut in the protected System32 folder, and will instead offer to create the shortcut on your desktop. In any version of Windows, you can right-click on Taskmgr.exe and choose Create Shortcut. Click Next to name the shortcut as System Information. Type msinfo32 in the Create Shortcut window. Right-click desktop screen and select New -> Shortcut. You can create a desktop shortcut for System Information app to quick start it when you want. In Windows 10, you can right-click on Taskmgr.exe and choose to pin it to either your taskbar or Start Menu. Create a Shortcut for Windows System Information App. Navigate to that folder in File Explorer and locate Taskmgr.exe. To view task manager first you have to right click on the task bar.
To do this, you’ll first need to locate the original Task Manager executable, which is located in C:WindowsSystem32. Just mash those keys on your keyboard at any time to directly launch the Task Manager, with the default view set to the “Processes Tab.” Create a Task Manager Shortcut in the Taskbar or Start Menuįor those who prefer a mouse- or touch-friendly icon, you can create a direct Task Manager application shortcut in your taskbar or Start Menu. The Task Manager keyboard shortcut in all recent versions of Windows is Control-Shift-Escape. Thankfully, another keyboard shortcut exists which still launches Task Manager directly, even in Windows 10. Bigglesworth prefers keyboard shortcuts (Shutterstock)