任务管理器(Task Manager)是一个应用程序，主要用于获取有关 PC 上运行的进程和应用程序的更多信息。这就是为什么您第一次在Windows 10中打开(Windows 10)任务管理器(Task Manager)时，您可能会感到惊讶（尤其是如果您跳过了Windows 8），因为在它的窗口中看不到太多东西。别担心，这只是任务管理器(Task Manager)的一个紧凑视图，而不是整个工具。尽管它的按钮很少，但它可用于在应用程序之间切换或关闭正在运行的程序而不访问它们。以下是您可以从Windows 10任务管理器(Task Manager)的紧凑视图中执行的所有操作：
首先(First)要做的事情：如何访问任务管理器的紧凑视图(Task Manager)
您可以使用任何可用的选项打开任务管理器。(Task Manager)虽然访问任务管理器(Task Manager)的方法很多，但我们更喜欢键盘快捷键"Ctrl + Shift + Esc”。如果这是您第一次访问该工具，它会打开以显示我们正在寻找的紧凑视图。此视图显示当前在您的 Windows 10 设备上运行的所有应用程序的列表。
不仅可以自定义任务管理器(Task Manager)以在您选择的选项卡中打开，而且还可以记住上次关闭时处于活动状态的查看模式。因此，如果您之前打开了任务管理器(Task Manager)并切换到更详细的视图，则需要单击或点击更少(Fewer details)的详细信息才能返回紧凑视图。
这会让您回到任务管理器(Task Manager)的紧凑视图，所以让我们看看它可以帮助您做什么：
1. 在紧凑视图中切换打开的应用程序
任务管理器(Task Manager)的紧凑视图显示了您在任何给定时间正在运行的内容，同时还为您提供了在活动应用程序之间切换的快速方法。要切换到您打开的应用程序之一，请在任务管理器(Task Manager)的紧凑视图中双击或点击其名称。您也可以右键单击或按住应用程序的名称，然后选择切换到(Switch to)。
2.从紧凑视图中关闭应用程序和桌面程序(apps and desktop programs)
如果您使用完某个应用程序，任务管理器(Task Manager)视图的紧凑视图为您提供了一种快速关闭它的方法，而无需先切换到它。从列表中选择一个应用程序，然后右键单击(list and right-click)或按住(press and hold)，打开上下文菜单(context menu)。然后，单击或点按(click or tap) 结束任务(End task)。或者，您可以选择应用程序并单击(app and click)或点击紧凑视图右下角的结束任务按钮。(End task)
3.从精简视图启动新的Windows 10应用程序(Windows 10)
任务管理器(Task Manager)不仅允许您从此视图关闭应用程序，而且还使您可以轻松打开它们。右键单击或按住列出的应用程序，然后单击或点击“运行新任务("Run new task)”。
这将打开“创建新任务”("Create new task")窗口，也称为“运行”窗口(Run window)。单击(Click)或点按浏览并从(Browse)文件资源管理器(File Explorer)中选择要运行的程序的可执行文件。
如有必要，选择该框以使用管理权限运行该进程，然后按键盘上的Enter键，或者单击或点击 OK(click or tap OK)。
提示：(TIP:)创建新任务窗口支持您通常在(Create new task)命令提示符(Command Prompt)中键入的所有常规命令。例如，输入calc(Type)然后(calc)按Enter或按OK以打开Calculator。
4. 防止任务管理器(Task Manager)隐藏在其他应用程序窗口后面
如果您需要大量使用任务管理器(Task Manager)，您可能会因为每次打开新应用时它被隐藏在后台而烦恼。如果您想解决此不便并始终将任务管理器(Task Manager)置于其他应用程序之上，请右键单击或按住任何列出的进程，然后单击(process and click)或点击“始终位于顶部("Always on top)”。
启用此选项后，任务管理器(Task Manager)将保留在其他应用程序窗口的顶部，并且“始终位于顶部”("Always on top")选项旁边会显示一个复选标记(check mark)。
如果要禁用它，请重复上述步骤并再次单击或点击该选项。
5.使用任务管理器(Task Manager)查找正在运行的应用程序的位置
有时您需要知道应用程序的可执行文件存储在硬盘上的什么位置。您可能需要为其创建快捷方式，或者您可能想手动删除它。无论是什么原因，任务管理器(Task Manager)都可以为您提供帮助。在任务管理器(Task Manager)中右键单击或按住应用程序的名称。在打开的上下文菜单(context menu)中，转到“打开文件位置("Open file location)”。
文件资源管理器(File Explorer)在您选择的应用程序(chosen application)的可执行文件所在的文件夹中打开。文件夹打开时会选择相应的可执行文件。
6. 向微软(Microsoft)提供有关Windows 10的反馈
反馈(Feedback)很重要，Microsoft比以往任何时候都更容易为反馈中心提供反馈中心(Feedback Hub)，可从任务管理器(Task Manager)轻松访问。右键单击或按住任何应用程序，然后选择提供反馈(Provide feedback)。
反馈中心(Feedback Hub)打开，您可以使用您的Microsoft 帐户(Microsoft account)登录并将您的问题、批评或建议(criticism or suggestion)发送给Microsoft。
7.研究一个未知的应用程序
任务管理器(Task Manager)的紧凑视图仅显示当前打开的应用程序。模糊的后台进程隐藏在任务管理器(Task Manager)的更详细视图中。这意味着您在此视图列表中看到的项目应该是显而易见的且可识别的。如果你看到一些你不认识并且你不记得访问过的东西正在运行，你可能想弄清楚它是什么，以确保它不是恶意的。要研究未知应用程序，请右键单击或按住其名称，然后单击或点击在线搜索(Search online)。
您的默认 Web 浏览器将启动并使用Bing(Bing)上应用程序的可执行文件的名称运行 Web 搜索（无论您的默认搜索引擎(default search engine)是什么），以便为您提供有关该应用程序的更多信息。
8.查看正在运行的应用程序的属性(running app)
查看应用程序的属性可以为您提供有关运行它的可执行文件的大量信息。您可以访问文件的大小、位置、访问日期和安全设置，还可以解决兼容性问题。
通常，您需要在文件资源管理器(File Explorer)中找到可执行文件，右键单击它，然后单击或点击属性(Properties)以获取此信息。但是，如果应用程序正在运行，您只需在任务管理器(Task Manager)的紧凑视图中右键单击或按住它，然后选择属性(Properties)。
“属性(Properties)”窗口打开，无需查找应用程序的可执行文件，让您可以访问有关应用程序的有用信息。
9.打开完整版任务管理器(Task Manager)
您现在已经看到了从任务管理器(Task Manager)的这个简单视图中可以做的几乎所有事情。它当然很有用，但这个出色的Windows 工具(Windows tool)还有更多功能。要查看完整版的任务管理器(Task Manager)，请单击或点击精简视图底部的更多详细信息。(More details)
您可能遇到的问题：任务管理器中的灰色选项(Task Manager)
在创建本指南时，我们不禁注意到，在紧凑视图中，我们讨论的一些选项在任务管理器的(Task Manager's)许多流行应用程序的右键菜单中显示为灰色。我们最终在本教程中使用了7-Zip，因为它是少数几个在任务管理器(Task Manager)的紧凑视图中具有全功能上下文菜单的应用程序之一。对于多进程应用程序，例如Firefox，上下文菜单显示灰色选项。
进程(Processes)选项卡具有类似的上下文菜单，因此，如果您想访问本教程中讨论的多进程应用程序功能，请查看：在Windows 10中使用(Windows 10)任务管理器(Task Manager)管理正在运行的进程的 11 种方法。
你如何使用你的任务管理器？
乍一看，任务管理器(Task Manager)的简洁视图的简单性可能会欺骗您认为它没有用，因为它看起来只是一个正在运行的程序列表。但是，正如您在本教程中看到的那样，情况并非如此。请在下方发表评论，告诉我们您认为上面介绍的哪些用途最有帮助。
9 Things you can do from the Task Manager's compact view in Windows 10
The Task Manager is an app primarily used to get more information about the processes and applications running on your PC. That is why the first time you open the Task Manager in Windows 10, you might be in for a surprise (especially if you skipped Windows 8) because there is not much to see in its window. Don't worry, this is just a compact view of the Task Manager, not the whole tool. Even though it has few buttons, it can be used to switch between apps or to close running programs without accessing them. Here is everything you can do from the compact view of Windows 10's Task Manager:
First things first: How to access the compact view of the Task Manager
You can open up the Task Manager using any of the options available to you. While there is no shortage of ways to get to the Task Manager, we prefer the keyboard shortcut "Ctrl + Shift + Esc." If this is your first time accessing the tool, it opens to show the compact view that we are looking for. This view shows a list of all the apps currently running on your Windows 10 device.
Not only can the Task Manager be customized to open in the tab of your choice, but it also remembers the viewing mode active when it was last closed. As a result, if you opened the Task Manager before, and switched to the more detailed view, you need to click or tap Fewer details to get back to the compact view.
This gets you back to the compact view of the Task Manager, so let's see what it can help you do:
1. Switch between open apps in the compact view
The compact view of the Task Manager shows what you are running at any given time, while also giving you a quick way to switch between active applications. To switch to one of your open apps, double-click or tap on its name from the compact view of the Task Manager. You can also right-click or press and hold the application's name and choose Switch to.
2. Close apps and desktop programs from the compact view
If you are done using an application, the compact view of the Task Manager view gives you a fast way to close it without first having to switch to it. Select an app from the list and right-click or press and hold, to open a context menu. Then, click or tap End task. Alternatively, you can select the app and click or tap the End task button on the bottom-right corner of the compact view.
3. Start a new Windows 10 app from the compact view
Not only does Task Manager allow you to close applications from this view, but it also enables you to open them easily. Right-click or press and hold a listed app and then click or tap "Run new task."
This opens the "Create new task" window, also known as the Run window. Click or tap Browse and select the executable file of the program that you want to run, from File Explorer.
If necessary, select the box to run the process with administrative privileges, and then press Enter on your keyboard, or click or tap OK.
TIP: The Create new task window supports all the regular commands you usually type into the Command Prompt. E.g., Type in calc and then hit Enter or press OK in order to open the Calculator.
4. Keep the Task Manager from getting hidden behind other app windows
If you need to use the Task Manager a lot, you may get annoyed by it getting hidden in the background each time you open a new app. If you want to fix this inconvenience and keep the Task Manager on top of other apps at all times, right-click or press and hold any listed process and click or tap "Always on top."
Once this option is enabled, the Task Manager remains on top of other app windows, and a check mark is displayed next to the "Always on top" option.
Repeat the steps above and click or tap the option again if you want to disable it.
5. Find the location of a running app with Task Manager
Sometimes you need to know where an application's executable is stored on your hard disk. You may need to create a shortcut for it, or maybe you want to delete it manually. Whatever the reason, the Task Manager can help you. Right-click or press and hold on the application's name in the Task Manager. In the context menu that opens, go to "Open file location."
The File Explorer is opened at the folder where your chosen application's executable file is stored. The corresponding executable is selected when the folder opens.
6. Provide feedback to Microsoft about Windows 10
Feedback is important, and Microsoft has made it easier than ever to provide it with the Feedback Hub, easily accessible from the Task Manager. Right-click or press and hold on any app, and then choose to Provide feedback.
The Feedback Hub opens, allowing you to sign in with your Microsoft account and send your issue, criticism or suggestion to Microsoft.
7. Research an unknown app
The compact view of the Task Manager only shows apps that are currently open. Obscure background processes are hidden in the more detailed view of the Task Manager. This means that the items you see listed in this view's list should be obvious and recognizable. If you see something running that you do not recognize and you don't remember accessing, you might want to figure out what it is, to ensure it isn't malicious. To research an unknown app, right-click or press and hold on its name and then click or tap Search online.
Your default web browser launches and runs a web search with the name of the app's executable file on Bing (no matter what your default search engine is), in order to give you more information about the app.
8. View the properties of a running app
Looking at an application's properties gives you a lot of information about the executable that runs it. You can access the file's size, location, access dates, and security settings, and you can troubleshoot compatibility issues.
Typically, you would need to find the executable file in the File Explorer, right-click on it, and then click or tap Properties to get this information. However, if the app is running, you can just right-click or press and hold on it, in the compact view of the Task Manager, and choose Properties.
The Properties window opens without going through the hassle of finding the app's executable, providing you access to useful information about the app.
9. Open the full version of the Task Manager
You have now seen almost everything you can do from this simple view of the Task Manager. It is certainly useful, but this excellent Windows tool has more to offer. To take a look at the full version of the Task Manager, click or tap More details at the bottom of the compact view.
Problems you may encounter: Greyed out options in the Task Manager
While creating this guide, we could not help but notice that, while in compact view, some of the options we discussed are greyed out in the Task Manager's right-click menu for many popular apps. We ended up using 7-Zip for this tutorial, because it is one of the few apps with a fully functional contextual menu in the compact view of the Task Manager. For multi-process applications, like Firefox, the contextual menu displays greyed out options.
The Processes tab has a similar contextual menu so, if you want to access the functions discussed in this tutorial for a multi-process application, take a look at: 11 ways to manage running processes with the Task Manager in Windows 10.
How do you use your Task Manager?
At first glance, the simplicity of Task Manager's compact view can deceive you into thinking it is not useful, seeing how it appears to be just a list of running programs. However, as you have seen in this tutorial, that is not the case. Leave a comment below telling us which of the uses presented above you think is the most helpful.
