Create a New Task in Task Manager in Windows 8

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   Open the Task Manager

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   There are a lot of ways to do this. Let's look at two of the easiest ways. The first is to right-click on an empty space on the taskbar.

   

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   Click "Task Manager"

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   To use a keyboard shortcut, press "Ctrl" and "Shift" and "Esc" at the same time

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   The Task Manager will open. In our case, there are a lot of processes running on this computer. We can add one manually.

   

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   Click "File" in the upper-left corner of the window

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   Click "Run new task"

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   Type in the name of the task

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   For example, let's type in "explorer".

   

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   Click "OK"

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   Wait for the task to launch

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   In our case, Windows Explorer opens.

   

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   This concludes our tutorial on how to create a new task in Task Manager on Windows 8 computers

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