Task Manager works, but it’s not the quickest tool for every freeze.

I ran one command and found startup apps Windows “forgot” to mention.

To improve performance on Windows 11, you can safely end processes like unused apps, bloatware (e.g., Copilot, Phone Link), high-resource processes, and peripheral-related programs via Task Manager.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. You can control which apps and processes automatically start up with your computer. You can control which apps ...

There are certain situations when you would want to find the process start and end time in Windows 11/10. For example, as you try to troubleshoot an application, or if there are too many processes ...