Difference between Windows 10 Task Manager's Processes and Details tabs

Question

• What is the difference between Windows Task Manager's Processes and Details tabs? You could see that when one starts task manager in windows, the window pops up with multiple tables. Two of the tables are "Process" and "Details".
  - I wanted to understand if I start an application where will they appear - Under "Process" or "Details"?
• Which of them is more reliable to confirm if the process is running?
• Is there any situation where I could see an entry in the "Details" tab but not in the "Process" tab?

Answer 1

Hello @JeesonThekkekara

When you go to the Processes tab in Task Manager, you see the processes grouped into three categories: App, Background Process, and Windows Process. How does it decide which process goes into which category? These are terms that Task Manager simply made up. The system itself doesn’t really care what kind of processes they are. If the process has a visible window, then Task Manager calls it an App”. If the process is marked as critical, then Task Manager calls it a “Windows Process”. Otherwise, Task Manager calls it a “Background Process”.

Reference: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20171219-00/?p=97606

Hope this helps with your query,

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Answer 2

Will a Windows application (with no interface - UI or console) makes entry to the task manager "Process" tab or "Details" tab?

I have started an application (which do not have any interface - neither UI nor console) from the command prompt. I could see that the corresponding process is running in the windows task manager "Details" tab. However, no entry for that is found in the "Process" tab. How can i manke an entry to process tab?