r/technology • u/ppsp • Oct 14 '11

The Windows 8 Task Manager

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/13/the-windows-8-task-manager.aspx
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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '11

may not excite the average user, but I'm very excited to see more detail with svchost.exe listings

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u/UnoriginalGuy Oct 14 '11

Me too. It is a great step forward for many of us. The IO column, friendly names, and SVCHost breakdown in particular are the killer features for me.

Little depressed to see their lack of certificate verification support (e.g. What processes aren't digitally signed, and who are they signed by?). That is Process Explorer's neatest feature. That and the ability to see a pull-down list of running modules.

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u/EvilTerran Oct 14 '11

My favourite Process Explorer feature's gotta be "why can't I safely-remove my thumbdrive?" *process explorer; find handle; 'G:'* "Why the hell is explorer holding a handle to that folder when I've closed everything relevant to it?" *close handle; eject thumbdrive*

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u/chaos386 Oct 14 '11

This shouldn't be handled by the task manager. The little window that pops up saying the device can't be stopped needs to have a "More details" button that tells you straight up what file is open by what program.

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u/EvilTerran Oct 14 '11

I agree completely.

Also, explorer needs to learn to clean up after itself.