How do I get back the old Task Manager (from Windows 7) in Windows 10?
There are some improvements in Windows 10 in Task Manager, but they also removed really nice stuff. For example, in the the old Task Manager you could sort the running applications by their path. So you can easily locate an application (by 'Program Files', 'WINDOWS', etc. folder).
So, how do I get back the old Task Manager?
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The old Taskmgr is still part of Windows 8/10. It is part of the WinPE which is stored in the boot.wim on the DVD.
Winaero extracted the old Taskmgr and provides it in a download:
I cannot find any functionality that is in the Windows 7 task manager that is not in the Windows 8/8.1/10 task manager.
There are some differences with naming though:
- The "applications" tab is now called "Processes".
- The "Processes" tab is now called "Details" (and moved almost to the end), and I could enable more columns to sort by, just like the old one.
- The "Performance" and "Networking" tab are both in the new "Performance" tab.
- Two new tabs ("App history" and "Startup") have appeared.
Also, I don't think I have to tell you this since you mentioned improvements (and without doing this I wouldn't really call the new task manager improved), but I'm going to do it anyway just in case: Don't forget to click the "More details" button at the bottom if you don't see any tabs at all ;)
To answer the specific question about how to sort by path:
- Right-click the column-headers, and select "Select columns":
- Select "Image path name":
If you are truly unsatisfied with Windows' Task Manager (for any version/reason) then as an alternative I'd suggest using the well trusted Process Explorer from Microsoft.
