Manage tabs in Google Chrome with the Task Manager

Google Chrome allows us to manage, reload or shut down each tab without affecting the rest of our browsing. All This can be done through the Task Manager. You can shutdown an unresponsible tab without affecting other tabs by just select that tab and press End Process button.

To open Google Chrome Task Manager Window

PressShift and Escape or right click on the top bar and click Task Manager.

You can also examine the memory use of the opened browsers on your computer. Open task manager and click on the ‘Stats for nerds’ link at the bottom. A new tab opens with detailed memory info for all running browsers. The second part of the page describes Chrome’s process usage stats.

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Move Taskbar to new Spot - Cool Computer Trick

By default, Microsoft's Windows taskbar, which shows buttons for each of your open windows, present at the bottom of your screen. If you do multitasking and open many windows, more than six or seven windows at a time, then taskbar become extremely crowded. To make more space for windows, move your taskbar to the right or left side of the screen, where it will be displayed vertically. Its very convirnt as well as it will give new look to your computer.

 Follow these Steps to move your taskbar:By default, Microsoft's Windows taskbar, which shows buttons for each of your open windows, present at the bottom of your screen. If you do multitasking and open many windows, more than six or seven windows at a time, then taskbar become extremely crowded. To make more space for windows, move your taskbar to the right or left side of the screen, where it will be displayed vertically. Its very convirnt as well as it will give new look to your computer.

Follow these Steps to move your taskbar:

1). Right click on taskbar and if your taskbar is locked (check mark on lock the taskbar), then click on lock the taskbar to unlock it.

2). Move the taskbar by just dragging it on screen, You can move anywhere left, right, top and bottom by just dragging it.

3). You can also change the width of taskbar by clicking on edge of taskbar.

4). Now right click on taskbar and click lock the taskbar.

Its done.

1). Right click on taskbar and if your taskbar is locked (check mark on lock the taskbar), then click on lock the taskbar to unlock it.

2). Move the taskbar by just dragging it on screen, You can move anywhere left, right, top and bottom by just dragging it.

3). You can also change the width of taskbar by clicking on edge of taskbar.

4). Now right click on taskbar and click lock the taskbar.

Its done.

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Kill tasks without using task manager

Now you can kill a task or a process without using task manager. you can do it in command Prompt. To see process details and their pid type "tasklist" in command prompt. it will display list of all tasks. now you can kill any process just by typing taskkill /pid with its pid. suppose you want to kill a process whose pid is 2690 then you have to write "taskkill /pid 2690" If this process id is not valid id then it will give an error message otherwise it will kill that process instantly.

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Delete undeletable files

Do you have some unwanted file in your system and when you delete them then it shows a warning message that you cant delete this file? If yes and if you want to get rid of these files then here are steps for you, just follow them:

1). Close all running applications.

2). Go to Run and type Cmd and press enter(it will open command prompt window).

3). Press Ctrl + Alt + delete and click on Start task manager.

4). Now in windows task manager, Go to Process tab.

5). In processes list, Highlight explorer.exe and click on End Process.

It will close explorer user interface(GUI).

6). Do not close task manager window leave it open, Now you should have two windows open 1 is command prompt other is taskmanager.

7). In cmd change directory to the directory which contains that undeletable file.

8). Now write Del filename and press Enter.

filename is name of undeletable file. For example here i wrote a.txt, it will delete file a.txt.

9). File is deleted now.

10). In task manager, Go to file and click on New task.

11). In new task dialog box, write explorer.exe and press enter.

12). Close cmd and taskmanager.

Its done.

File is deleted.

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