windows 11: task manager not working properly

Hello Mikail⛧,

Good day! I'm John Dev a Windows user like you and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.

Please let me know if you have tried the methods below.

**Restart Windows Explorer
Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.
Select the Processes tab.
Scroll down and select Windows Explorer, Right click then select Restart.

**Check for updates
Select Start > Settings > Windows Update. Select Check for updates. Install any available and pending updates and restart your device.

**Please try to run DISM to check for any system errors and corrupted files.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/usi...
After that, restart your computer using clean boot of Windows 10.

**Perform a Clean Boot
Determine whether a background program or a software conflict is causing the issue.

Press Windows key+R to open Run then type: msconfig
Press Enter
Select System Configuration > go to the Services tab.
Select and make sure to put a check mark on "Hide all Microsoft services"
Click Disable all.
Go to Startup tab > Open Task Manager > Disable all the unnecessary services running there. Restart your computer.

Please check the support article at the link below for more details.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-t...

Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.

Kind regards,

John DeV
Independent Advisor

Hello John DeV,

first of all, thanks for the fast reply. Unfortunately, after trying out every mentioned method I did not notice any improvements besides the fact that I can actually close the Task Manager window now with a delay and only if I spamclick the closing button.
The delay looks like this:

but yea after some seconds it finally closes and sometimes a new Task Manager opens.
By the way this is how my Task Manager still looks:

Hello Mikail⛧,
Thank you for updating me with that information. I apologize that the above methods did not resolve the issue.
**Please try to scan your system using the free edition of Malwarebytes.
https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/
**Please try creating a new local administrator account then check if the issue persists.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/cre...
If the issue still persists, Please try performing an In-place Upgrade. Performing this can repair broken operating system files while your personal files, settings and installed applications will not be removed.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.

Kind regards,

John DeV
Independent Advisor
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