How to Get the Classic Task Manager Back in Windows 11

It’s very easy to access the old Task Manager on Windows 11. For this, simply open the Run dialog box, type taskmgr.exe -d, and click OK. And that’s about it. You will see that the old Task Manager window will appear on the screen.

Did you know that you can launch the classic Task Manager on recent Windows 11 systems? This step-by-step guide explains how you can do it.

If you have missed the classic look and feel of the Task Manager since moving to Windows 11, here's how you can access it once again.

Although Windows 11 22H2 uses a brand new task manager by default, Microsoft never removed the old one, and users can still enable the classic task manager in the following two ways.

Windows 11 22H2 has hidden the old Task Manager. If you dislike the new, this post will teach you how to open old Task Manager in Windows 11.

You can open the old Task Manager in Windows 11 by pressing Win + R and typing the " taskmgr -d " command. It will tell the operating system to launch Task Manager without its new XAML user...

One of the more straightforward methods to access the old Task Manager interface is to use the Windows 10 Task Manager executable. Since many parts of Windows 10’s core functionalities still exist in Windows 11, you might be able to copy the executa