Task Manager Hangs after Windows 11 upgrade

Question

I just upgraded to Windows 11 and one of the several system issues I've encountered is Task Manager freezes / hangs. Once you open it, you get an initial view of the Processes tab, but it doesn't refresh...and going to the Details tab...it is blank. Trying to close down the window results in it hanging and you have to r-click on the program in the Task Bar and choose Close Window to get it to close, which results in an Event Log of:

The program Taskmgr.exe version 10.0.22000.65 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Security and Maintenance control panel.
 Process ID: 5228
 Start Time: 01d7f794b05b3f5f
 Termination Time: 0
 Application Path: C:\Windows\System32\Taskmgr.exe
 Report Id: acff69db-0cd8-45ad-abde-54116091838d
 Faulting package full name: 
 Faulting package-relative application ID: 
 Hang type: Cross-thread

There are no issues in the Security and Maintenance Control Panel.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Try open start and search for feedback and open the Feedback Hub app and report this issue.
Try perform a Clean Boot and see if the problem persist?
Take a look at:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows-da2f9573-6eec-00ad-2f8a-a97a1807f3dd
If not enable services one by one to identify which one causing this issue.

Answer 2

Hello ChadRichardson,

Thank you for your question.

There can be multiple reasons where Task manager not responding , I will suggest you follow below steps which should resolve this issue.

1. Update or Reinstall your PCs Display or Graphics driver.
2. Try to login with different user to see if it still freezes in different user profile.
3. Disable any Antivirus program or Windows firewall you may have for temporary purpose.
4. Cleanup below Temp folders
   C:\Windows\Temp
   %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp
5. Run Disk Cleanup from Select C:\ Drive from Properties- > General -> Disk Cleanup - >Cleanup system files
6. Run sfc /scannow from elevated prompt.
7. Run below DISM command from elevated prompt.

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

8. Update your PC to latest version of Windows 11 using Windows updates.

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Answer 3

Mine was paused. But I do not remember having paused it. So something might be pausing it.
My issue was originally a freeze that happen after I run My Visual Studio Project.

Answer 4

I have the same problem manager hanging up... Dell 7506 - Windows 11

Answer 5

In my experience, I had updated the graphics driver to the latest with no change. I then used the old shortcut trick of bringing up the task manager out of habit... ctrl + shift+ esc, (which hasn't worked on windows 11 home before) and I noticed that the Task Manager was in fact a different version than what had been pinned on the task bar. After noticing that it was running a different instance of the task manager, I replaced the pinned icon with the newer looking version of task manager... This was my experience with an ASUS TUF Z690 motherboard and GeForce RTX 3070ti. Hopefully this helps others in the future from scratching their heads on this. I myself had also performed an sfc /scannow thinking this would fix this, but no change...obviously, as it was found to be another version of the task manager completely.