The Task Manager in Windows has always been a useful place to view and manage running applications and services.

With the added functionality, you may start to use the Task Manager more often in Windows 8.

Select Send to | Desktop (create shortcut) from the popup menu.

Pin the Task Manager to the Taskbar and the Metro Start Screen in Windows 8

By default, the new shortcut is called TM.exe Shortcut.

Drag the shortcut to the Taskbar to pin it there.

To find the Task Manager, simply start typing Task Manager on the Start screen.

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The Search box automatically displays and the search term is entered.

The results of your search display on the left side of the screen.

Right-choose the Task Manager block.

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Options display at the bottom of the screen.

poke the Pin to Start icon to place a tile for the Task Manager on the Start screen.

The Task Manager tile is added to the far right side of the Start screen.

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