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Windows 2000 - Load the task manager directly on startup

November 25, 2013
Updated: December 6, 2021
Quick overview:

If you often want to keep an eye on your system resources and monitor computer performance, it is advisable to move the task manager to Autostart. It should be minimized directly in the systray at the bottom right next to the clock. So you have convenient access to it at all times. And this is how it works:

1. Select the entry Run in the Start menu, whereupon a command line appears in which you now enter regedit and confirm.

2. Now navigate through the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and right-click in the right-hand pane. Now select New/string and name it Task Manager.

3. Now double-click on your self-created value and enter the line c:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe" /c "start" /min C:\winnt\system32\taskmgr.exe. It is important that you adjust the paths C:\winnt according to your individual folder structure.

After a restart, the task manager remains informative in the bar right next to the clock!

NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in 2001, his helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write for international publications such as PC-Praxis, Computerbild, PCWorld in the USA, IMTEST.de and Hifi.de. Sandro's main job is as Global Product Marketing Lead and Consultant for various global tech companies, including Microsoft, AVG, Avast, Nero, TeamViewer, Swiss IT Security Group and now currently in the fintech sector for Gendigital. But he can't get rid of his passion and shares his tweaks here again. Privately, he enjoys traveling the world and loves Asia, especially Japan, Singapore and Korea, but also natural places like Iceland and the Nordics. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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