{"id":13553,"date":"2018-12-26T06:20:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T06:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=13553"},"modified":"2018-12-26T06:26:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T06:26:56","slug":"set-default-tab-for-task-manager-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/set-default-tab-for-task-manager-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Ways to Set Default Tab for Task Manager in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Task Manager lets you gain access to the essential information regarding the running processes and the real-time performance in Windows. Whenever you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/5-quick-ways-to-open-task-manager-in-windows-10-8\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">launch Task Manager<\/a>, it will open to the Process tab by default. Starting with Windows 10 19H1, you can change the default tab for Task Manager according to your usage habits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Set Default Tab for Task Manager from GUI<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Right-click on the Taskbar at the bottom of the screen and select <strong>Task Manager<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/taskbar.jpg\" width=\"449\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>In the Task Manager UI, click on <strong>Options<\/strong> on the menu bar and choose &#8220;<strong>Set default tab<\/strong>&#8220;. There should be a check mark next to your current default tab, and you can change it to other tab like &#8220;Details&#8221;.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/task-manager-set-default-tab.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"507\" height=\"328\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13556\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>The next time you open Task Manager, it will open to the new default tab you set.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/task-manager-open-to-new-default-tab.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"277\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13557\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Set Default Tab for Task Manager via Registry Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open Registry Editor<\/a> and navigate to the following key:<br \/>\n<code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\TaskManager<\/code><\/p>\n<p> \tIn the right pane, double-click on the DWORD named <strong>StartUpTab<\/strong> to modify it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/StartUpTab.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"294\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13558\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Enter one of the following values and click <strong>OK<\/strong>. If you want to set the &#8220;<em>Details<\/em>&#8221; tab as the default tab, just change its value data to 5.\n<ul>\n<li>0: Processes tab<\/li>\n<li>1: Performance tab<\/li>\n<li>2: App history tab<\/li>\n<li>3: Startup tab<\/li>\n<li>4: Users tab<\/li>\n<li>5: Details tab<\/li>\n<li>6: Services tab<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Close Registry Editor. Relaunch Task Manager and you can see the change immediately.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Task Manager lets you gain access to the essential information regarding the running processes and the real-time performance in Windows. Whenever you launch Task Manager, it will open to the Process tab by default. Starting with Windows 10 19H1, you can change the default tab for Task Manager according to your usage habits. 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