An applet in the form of a dispatcher that controls all active or running tasks, processes, services and applications in Windows systems is an indispensable tool that allows not only forcibly terminating hung or resource-intensive processes, but also monitor the occurrence of excessive loads on system resources and hardware (processor, RAM, network cards, etc.). In the eighth and tenth modifications, it can also be used to control startup items that start with the system. That is why it is important to know how to open the “Task Manager” on a computer, using the fastest and most effective access methods for this. Ordinary users can offer several basic solutions, which will be further considered in full.
How to open the "Task Manager" on a computer: a classic technique
The first and most common technique is known to almost any user, since since the very first modifications of Windows have not changed much. As before, the "Task Manager" on the computer is called by the key combination Alt + Del + Ctrl. Everyone knows about it.
However, as the operating systems themselves improved, some new features were added to them, and over time it became possible to call the dispatcher by using the combination Shift + Esc + Ctrl. But here you need to make a small digression.
The fact is that the second combination calls the dispatcher immediately, and when using the first, an action selection window first appears, which looks somewhat inconvenient.
Methods for quick calling the "Task Manager"
It is much easier to abandon the use of the keyboard, and call the "Task Manager" "Windows 7" and OS rank higher in faster ways.
So, for example, through RMB on the empty area of the “Taskbar” you can open the corresponding menu, and in it immediately go to the launch point of the described tool.
In the eighth and tenth modifications, another feature was added, involving the use of the PCM menu on the start button, where the desired item was selected. But how to open the “Task Manager” on a computer in exactly this way, but without using the call of additional menus? Simple too.
As it turns out, a quick combination of Win + X can be used for this, which opens the menu of the Start button we need.
Launching the dispatcher from the Run console
Now it’s worth separately saying a few words about another classic method that can be used in all known versions of Windows. Let's see how to open the "Task Manager" on the computer using the "Run" console (menu) for this. It’s worth saying right away that this method is ideal for cases when the system freezes, you have to wait a very long time for the result of actions with three-finger combinations, or the “Task Bar” is blocked.
The console itself is called by pressing the Win + R key combination, after which the taskmgr shortcut is entered in the field for setting the applet execution command.
Where is the Task Manager on the computer and how to run it from a file?
If you carefully look at the previous methodology, it is easy to guess that the executable applet is launched from the console as a regular EXE file for which the extension is not specified. Thus, to start the dispatcher, you can find its desired start file (it is located in the System32 system directory located inside the main Windows directory), and then simply open the software applet with a double click.
But if you need to start the dispatcher with administrator privileges, you can use the PCM menu, because you never know when it may be required.
By the way, in the case of frequent use of this tool, you can create a shortcut for the executable file and place it on the "Desktop", which will significantly reduce the launch time of the dispatcher.
Note: in the dispatcher, so to speak, he can launch himself with administrator rights by creating a new task, where the previously mentioned abbreviation corresponding to the name of the executable file without extension is entered into the job field of the executable applet, exactly resembling the Run menu.
Summary
As you can see, in general, any of the above methods can be called universal in its own way. However, if you approach their use exclusively in practice, it looks best and most efficient to start the dispatcher from the execution console, because when the system freezes due to critical errors and failures, the start button may not work, the "Taskbar" also stops responding to user actions, and waiting Performing standard three-finger combinations can drag on so much that the user simply does not have enough patience.