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How to open a task manager in a windows application

amitchauhan

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Hello,
I want to open task manager on click of a button in windows application. So how can i achive this.
Thnks
 
Just do ctrl-shift-esc. This should open the task manager regardless of which application is running.

Or if you meant within a program you've written, you need to start taskmgr.exe. How this is done depends on the language you are using.