This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off to have the Task Manager always on top while open for your user account in Windows 11.
Task Manager can be used to view and manage your processes, performance statistics, app history, startup apps, users, process details, and services in Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22557, Microsoft has updated the design of Task Manager to match the new Windows 11 design principles. This includes a new hamburger style navigation bar and a new settings page. A new command bar on each page gives access to common actions. The dark theme has now been brought to Task manager and will automatically match the system-wide theme configured in the Settings app.
You can have Task Manager to always show on top of other windows.
Contents
- Option One: Turn On or Off Always On Top for Task Manager from Task Manager Notification Icon
- Option Two: Turn On or Off Always On Top for Task Manager in Task Manager Settings
1 Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc).
2 Right click on the Task Manager notification icon on the taskbar system tray. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Always on top to check (on) or uncheck (off - default) it for what you want.
1 Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc).
2 Click/tap on Settings in the left pane of Task Manager. (see screenshot below)
3 Check (on) or uncheck (off -default) Always on top for what you want.
You can also press the Alt + A keys to toggle check/uncheck Always on top.
This setting is saved as the AlwaysOnTop value to the settings.json file in the %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\TaskManager folder.
true = on
false = off
4 You can now close Task Manager if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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