How To Replace Task Manager In Windows 7 With Process Explorer

Here’s how to replace Task Manager in Windows 7 with Process Explorer:

1. Go to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653 and download the ‘ProcessExplorer.zip’ file.

2. Extract the ‘procexp.exe’ file to ‘C:\Windows’ folder.

3. Double click the ‘procexp.exe’ file to launch process explorer. Now click on ‘Options>Replace Task Manager’.

Click ‘Yes’ when prompted with the UAC warning.

4. Now whenever you right click the task bar to launch the task manager or press ‘Ctrl’ + ‘Shift’ + ‘Esc’ to launch the task manager, you’ll be greeted with process explorer instead.

If you want to revert back to using default task manager, repeat step 3.

  1. Ryan Hardy says:

    Seriously such a problem for me doesn’t exist at all for now. I used to have frequent troubles with Windows task manager and get rid of such a nuisance because of meeting comindware task management. It runs well in Windows and synchronized with Outlook, so there is no problem with its proper work.