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'Headless' Windows Task Manager

11 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/headless-windows-task-manager.17576/

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Aijaz Akhtar Original post #1
Oct 26, 2005 at 12:13 PM
lately onmy laptop, when I call Task manager hiting Ctrl-Alt-Del, the window I get has no title bar at the head, it just shows the listing of applications, if I have to go to processes, Ctrl-Tab works fine. What could have happened? Again restoration through regedit?
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Keith Sebastian #2
Oct 26, 2005 at 12:44 PM
I had a similar problem, after playing with a security tool hiding/unhiding the Task Manager. Couldn't figure out a solution, just re-installed Windows. :lol:

Keith
siriusb
siriusb #3
Oct 26, 2005 at 12:46 PM
Just double-click on the gray window border outside the list of processes.
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thrash_metal #4
Oct 26, 2005 at 1:28 PM
Same thing happened to me .. it took me about 2 months ..one day i accidently double clicked on it ..... restored ! :lol:
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Keith Sebastian #5
Oct 26, 2005 at 3:40 PM
siriusb said:
Just double-click on the gray window border outside the list of processes.
Click to expand...

Damn, why didn't I ask you in May? :lol: Anyway, a reinstall was imminent after a major mess up (spyware etc) by my kid cousins. :)
mario_pant
mario_pant #6
Oct 26, 2005 at 9:29 PM
LOL.... u also fell for it......
i was stuck with it for a about 3 months when i figured it out by suprise.......;.
actually when we dont know about it, it is soooooo dammmnnn irrritating/annoyying......!!!!

So everyone please make a note of this trap.... this is a really bad one....
PS: the anger and disgust is just coming back as i'm writing!
siriusb
siriusb #7
Oct 26, 2005 at 9:50 PM
But I had it easy as I accidentally double clicked on the border and it became title-bar-less. I thought it could it could be a toggle and so doubleclicked it again. Yea, that's MS trying to be intuitive.
Vishal Gupta
Vishal Gupta #8
Oct 26, 2005 at 11:32 PM
What they forgot is to add an option for it in Task Manager's menu, so that the use can easily revert it back if he accidentally double-clicked on it...
alib_i
alib_i #9
Oct 27, 2005 at 3:31 AM
I posted here long time ago
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26240
After the month of May although :)

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alibi
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Aijaz Akhtar #10
Oct 30, 2005 at 9:28 AM
That did the trick all right for me. But when I tried to make the toolbar again vanish, I did not succeed. So just dounle clicking does not seem to make the title bar toggle between off and on.
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Keith Sebastian #11
Oct 30, 2005 at 11:39 AM
Aijaz Akhtar said:
That did the trick all right for me. But when I tried to make the toolbar again vanish, I did not succeed. So just dounle clicking does not seem to make the title bar toggle between off and on.
Click to expand...

To hide it again, double click the left, right or bottom window border.

Keith