In Windows 10, the Task Manager app has a number useful features. It can manage startup apps now and calculate their impact on startup performance. You can also see app history and copy process details quickly with it. In the "More details" mode, Task Manager has two tabs, Processes and Details, to control running apps. Today, I would like to share with you a very simple trick to kill a running app quickly.
Category: Windows 10
Windows 10 apps do not show in App history of Task Manager [Fix]
The App history tab, which is part of the Task Manager app in Windows 10, is designed to show statistics for Modern apps that you use. It shows the CPU time of apps (which apps keep the CPU busy for the most amount of time), the amount of data each app has downloaded or uploaded, or consumed for showing live tiles, including the data consumption over a metered network and a non-metered one. However, sometimes the App history stops working and you may not figure out why. If you are not able to see your app usage history in the Windows 10 Task Manager, then you can try the fix described below.
Windows 10 Anniversary Update will allow arranging Quick Action buttons with drag-n-drop
New information about Windows 10 Anniversary Update has appeared on the Internet. In internal builds of Windows 10, which are not released to Insiders yet, a new feature was spotted in the Action Center. Now the user can create his own customized layout for Quick Action buttons using just drag-n-drop.
How to disable wallpaper JPEG quality reduction in Windows 10
In case you don't know, Windows 10 reduces the quality of JPEG images you set as the desktop background. If you compare the original image and the wallpaper, you can see that the wallpaper has minor JPEG artifacts. The issue is not new to Windows 10 - Windows 8 and Windows 7 are also affected by this issue. But Windows 10 is the first version where a solution is available. Let's see how to disable wallpaper JPEG quality reduction in Windows 10.
How to run Linux GUI apps on Windows 10 in Bash
With the recently released Windows 10 build 14316, which is part of the upcoming Anniversary Update, Microsoft introduced a new Linux command line shell "bash" to Windows. It allows running console Linux apps. Microsoft claims that the Linux subsystem is a native implementation which makes it faster than any virtual machine. But unlike a Linux virtual machine instance, the bash console of Windows 10 doesn't allow you to run Linux GUI apps out-of-the-box. Here is how to bypass this limitation so you can run X server graphical apps.
Windows 10 BSOD will show QR codes to open the error description
Yet another interesting feature of Windows 10 Anniversary Update has been spotted by users. When a stop error occurs, commonly known as a BSOD or Blue Screen of Death, it will show a QR code which can be read with a compatible device like a smartphone. When you scan the QR code on your companion device, the troubleshooting page for that particular BSOD's error description will be opened automatically.
Windows 10 roadmap is available, features a set of new features
Microsoft has published a roadmap for Windows 10. This should help users learn which features are new to Windows 10, which features to expect and which have already been rolled out. The released roadmap document shows a number of new features which are planned for Windows 10. Let's see the details.
Windows 10 Anniversary Update does not include classic Display settings
There is another change which Windows 10 Anniversary Update will bring to end users. As you might be knowing, in builds prior to the recently released 14316, you were able to open and use the classic Display applet, which allowed you to adjust the screen resolution and other display parameters. With Windows 10 Anniversary Update, all these settings will be accessible only through the Settings app.
Enable colored taskbar but keep title bars white in Windows 10
Earlier, we wrote how you can have colored taskbar but keep title bars white in Windows 10. This could be done with a simple Registry tweak. With Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft added the appropriate option to Settings, so Registry editing is not required any more. Let's see how it can be done.
Enable colored title bars but keep taskbar black in Windows 10
Previously, we covered an interesting Registry tweak which allowed you to have colored title bars but keep a black taskbar and Start menu in Windows 10. With Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft added the appropriate option to the Settings app, so you can get such an appearance with just a few mouse clicks! Let's see how it can be done.
