Inspect and analyze hung applications with Task Manager
Step 1: Open Task Manager on your computer by right-clicking on the Taskbar and selecting Task Manager from the context menu that appears. Then, open Task Manager on Windows 10.
Alternatively, you can also press the Ctrl + Shift + Esc or Ctrl + Alt + Del key combination to quickly open Task Manager. If you are using Windows 10, you can refer to how to open Task Manager on Windows 10. There are several available methods for this.
Step 2: In the Task Manager interface, switch to the Details tab.
Step 3: Select the application displaying the highest RAM (memory) usage, then right-click to choose Analyze wait chain.
In the Analyze wait chain command prompt that appears, you can see the results indicating which processing thread (task) is experiencing the issue causing the system hang.
Step 4: Check the box next to that task and choose End process below. Checking End process is synonymous with terminating the process in Task Manager, ending the service process of a particular software.
For software tasks that do not cause system hangs, you may see a notification like the one below.
Completing the process of inspecting and analyzing hung applications means you now know which task is causing the system hang and have a solution to decide whether to close the application or not.
Task Manager is a specialized operating system customization tool with many convenient features for users. Through Task Manager, users can better manage the operating system by handling tasks related to applications and system services. In cases where Task Manager is inexplicably missing, use Task Manager restoration tools such as Re Enable or Task Manager Fix to resolve the issue.
Re Enable software is a compact program that offers various useful features, including restoring Task Manager or the Run command on the computer. As for Task Manager Fix, another tool serves to close hung applications and restore Task Manager on the computer.
Hope the readers have discovered yet another fantastic feature of the Task Manager tool on the computer.
