Win 10 Task Manager autorun on boot

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When I boot any of my computers, the Windows built-in Task Manager automatically starts sorted by CPU usage.  I like to see every process that is using resources across CPU, GPU, Disk and Network at a glance and prefer to monitor things until the initial boot up housekeeping is finished.

However, the Task Manager does not have to a built-in setting option to autorun when Windows starts.  Initially I  tried various registry autorun entries but nothing worked.  My simple solution was a 3 line old school BAT file placed here:

C:\Users\Trader\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

While the BAT file works very well, but I’m certain there is a simpler way to start the Task Manager when Windows starts.

Suggestions?

Contents of BAT file:

echo off
cd C:WindowsSystem32
start Taskmgr.exe

Desktop mobo Asus TUF X299 Mark 1, CPU: Intel Core i7-7820X Skylake-X 8-Core 3.6 GHz, RAM: 32GB, GPU: Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti 4GB. Display: Four 27" 1080p screens 2 over 2 quad.

• This topic was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by TechTango.
• This topic was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by TechTango. Reason: Correct path of BAT file

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You could place a “shortcut” in the Startup folder or create a “scheduled task” that starts it at every login (that’s how HWinfo auto-starts itself.)

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TechTango

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Just another Forum Poster wrote:

You could place a “shortcut” in the Startup folder

That’s worked fine for me for more than a year.

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Suggestions to use shortcut seem spot on to me.  Duh.  I use a lot of shortcuts for many things, but did not think of think of simple shortcut for an autorun.  I’ll try it for tomorrows boot.

“One doesn’t have to right.  A favorable outcome is the goal.”

Desktop mobo Asus TUF X299 Mark 1, CPU: Intel Core i7-7820X Skylake-X 8-Core 3.6 GHz, RAM: 32GB, GPU: Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti 4GB. Display: Four 27" 1080p screens 2 over 2 quad.

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