Task Manager won't start

[Jeff Ingman]

Pa Bear...

To answer your question -- PC Magazine has a utility library. You pay an
annual subscription for access to download any of these utilities.

The one that caused my Task Manager problem is called TaskPower. It's a
replacement for Task Manager with a lot of extra bells and whistles.

Any way... all's well that ends well. I've got Task Manager back.

jeff

.......

What utility, Spyware Doctor?

To all who replied to my original post... thanks.

I just received a reply to an email I sent PC Magazine. They suggested I
reinstall the PC Utility that cause the problem and uncheck the disable
Task
Manager option. This solved my problem.

Thanks

jeff
........................

Copy the file C:\window\system32\taskmgr.exe to your My Documents folder.
Then go to your My Documents folder and double click on 'taskmgr.exe' and
see if this works.
Note: Do not confuse 'taskmgr.exe' with a similar file named
'taskman.exe'.

JS

Just did a search on my C drive for taskmgr.exe. I found it in
C:\window\system32. But when I try to start it I get a message saying
Windows
cannot find the file.

So it looks like the software is there but hidden from the system
somehow.

jeff

:

By the way... I found instructions to reinstall Task Manager on another
site
and followed instructions. But this did not help.

jeff

:

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What
anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party
firewall
(if any)?

Can you open Regedit?

Start | Run | (type in) regedit | [OK]

Can you open IE Tools | Internet Options | Security tab?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Jeff Ingman wrote:
I installed a Task Manager replacement utility from PC magazine. It
opened
and ran slowly so I uninstalled it.

But Task Manager has not come back. It does not open with Crl-Alt-Del
nor
can I right click on the Task Bar to start it. I get nothing when I
attempt
to start it - no error message... nothing.

I'm running XP Pro on a 3 year old Dell XPS.

Any quick fixes?

 

[JS]

An alternative to Taskmgr is Process Explorer, and it does not disable
Taskmgr.
Process Explorer:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx

JS

To all who replied to my original post... thanks.

I just received a reply to an email I sent PC Magazine. They suggested I
reinstall the PC Utility that cause the problem and uncheck the disable
Task
Manager option. This solved my problem.

Thanks

jeff
........................

Copy the file C:\window\system32\taskmgr.exe to your My Documents folder.
Then go to your My Documents folder and double click on 'taskmgr.exe' and
see if this works.
Note: Do not confuse 'taskmgr.exe' with a similar file named
'taskman.exe'.

JS

Just did a search on my C drive for taskmgr.exe. I found it in
C:\window\system32. But when I try to start it I get a message saying
Windows
cannot find the file.

So it looks like the software is there but hidden from the system
somehow.

jeff

:

By the way... I found instructions to reinstall Task Manager on
another
site
and followed instructions. But this did not help.

jeff

:

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What
anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party
firewall
(if any)?

Can you open Regedit?

Start | Run | (type in) regedit | [OK]

Can you open IE Tools | Internet Options | Security tab?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Jeff Ingman wrote:
I installed a Task Manager replacement utility from PC magazine.
It
opened
and ran slowly so I uninstalled it.

But Task Manager has not come back. It does not open with
Crl-Alt-Del
nor
can I right click on the Task Bar to start it. I get nothing when
I
attempt
to start it - no error message... nothing.

I'm running XP Pro on a 3 year old Dell XPS.

Any quick fixes?

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Thanks for your feedback.

To answer your question -- PC Magazine has a utility library. You pay an
annual subscription for access to download any of these utilities.

The one that caused my Task Manager problem is called TaskPower. It's a
replacement for Task Manager with a lot of extra bells and whistles.

Any way... all's well that ends well. I've got Task Manager back.

What utility, Spyware Doctor?

To all who replied to my original post... thanks.

I just received a reply to an email I sent PC Magazine. They suggested I
reinstall the PC Utility that cause the problem and uncheck the disable
Task Manager option. This solved my problem.

Thanks

Just did a search on my C drive for taskmgr.exe. I found it in
C:\window\system32. But when I try to start it I get a message saying
Windows cannot find the file.

So it looks like the software is there but hidden from the system
somehow.

:
By the way... I found instructions to reinstall Task Manager on
another
site and followed instructions. But this did not help.

:
What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What
anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party
firewall
(if any)?

Can you open Regedit?

Start | Run | (type in) regedit | [OK]

Can you open IE Tools | Internet Options | Security tab?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Jeff Ingman wrote:
I installed a Task Manager replacement utility from PC magazine. It
opened and ran slowly so I uninstalled it.

But Task Manager has not come back. It does not open with
Crl-Alt-Del
nor can I right click on the Task Bar to start it. I get nothing
when I
attempt to start it - no error message... nothing.

I'm running XP Pro on a 3 year old Dell XPS.

Any quick fixes?