I have Chrome, Edge, Betterbird and Thunderbird (different profile) all open on my desktop, yet Edge and Thunderbird don't appear in Task Manager as Apps or Background processes.
I have tried an online cleanup and a scannow.
I have Chrome, Edge, Betterbird and Thunderbird (different profile) all
open on my desktop, yet Edge and Thunderbird don't appear in Task
Manager as Apps or Background processes.
I have tried an online cleanup and a scannow.
Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
I have Chrome, Edge, Betterbird and Thunderbird (different profile) all
open on my desktop, yet Edge and Thunderbird don't appear in Task
Manager as Apps or Background processes.
I have tried an online cleanup and a scannow.
For Edge, what process name were you looking for?
When I load Edge, and looking in Task Manager, I get several processes
named msedge.exe under the Details pane which I have sorted by Name.
See:
https://imgur.com/a/kgZ9Ljn
And several listed as Microsoft Edge under the Processes tab in the Apps group. See:
https://imgur.com/a/8muEn60
I don't have Edge running as a background process, so it is not listed
in the Processes tab under the Background group. I have Edge's "startup boost" and "continue running background extensions" disabled. I don't
want Edge loaded before I choose to use it, and I don't want any web
apps to keep running when I close Edge. See:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/learning-center/microsoft-edge-running-in-background
Even if I click on "Fewer details" at the bottom left of the Task
Manager's window (aka Tiny Mode), Edge is still listed; however, no
other information is shown other than what is under the Processes tab in
the Apps group.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUHvN4f2MPE
Maybe you used something or have malware that deliberately hides
processes in Task Manager. The guy below has a tool that does that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl-Sqp9_em8 https://github.com/thebowenfeng/task-manager-hider
If you are using a substitute for Task Manager, can't help you there.
Some alternatives can replace Task Manager: when you use the standard
methods to open Task Manager, instead the alternative opens. For
example, SysInternals (acquired by Microsoft) Process Explorer has the
option "Replace Task Manager".
Here's an article about showing Edge in Task Manager, and obviously his
Task Manager shows Edge (when Edge is running, of course):
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2021/10/12/improving-edge-processes-task-manager/
He had multiple tabs open when he saved a screenshot. In my pic, I only loaded Edge with 1 tab which was for about:blank.
I arrived at a solution by playing with the <View> and <Speed> settings. Thanks anyhow.
Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
I arrived at a solution by playing with the <View> and <Speed> settings.
Thanks anyhow.
I've never had need to touch the "View -> Update speed" (refresh rate) setting. The default is Normal. If it got changed to Pause then very
likely you did that, and later forgot you did that.
There is no hotkey combo to directly select a refresh setting. There is
a 4-key series of keystrokes you can use (mentioned in the following article), but it unlikely that is how you accidentally altered the
refresh rate while banging on the keyboard in frustration.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/137047-change-data-update-speed-task-manager-windows-10-a.html
(mentions the 4-key sequence)
Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
I arrived at a solution by playing with the <View> and <Speed> settings. Thanks anyhow.
I've never had need to touch the "View -> Update speed" (refresh rate) setting. The default is Normal. If it got changed to Pause then very
likely you did that, and later forgot you did that.
VanguardLH <V@nguard.lh> wrote:
Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
I arrived at a solution by playing with the <View> and <Speed> settings. Thanks anyhow.
I've never had need to touch the "View -> Update speed" (refresh rate) setting. The default is Normal. If it got changed to Pause then very likely you did that, and later forgot you did that.
I sometimes need to change the update speed to Paused (or Low) when
looking at a quickly changing Processes list and needing/wanting to right-click a certain process. If the update speed is at Normal, I'm
likely to right-click the wrong process.
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