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A new Windows 11 bug causes Task Manager to keep duplicating.
Each time you close and reopen the tool, another instance launches.
To avoid this, you'll have to close Task Manager from Task Manager itself.
Windows Task Manager shows you all running apps, services, and processes so you can see which ones are hogging memory and close them if necessary. But a new bug affecting Task Manager is actually causing the tool to clog up more memory than usual.
Released on Tuesday, Microsoft's October preview update for Windows 11 beefed up the Start menu and other key features and squashed a number of bugs. But it's also responsible for introducing the new Task Manager glitch. If you've installed the update, here's what may happen.
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Upon launching Task Manager, you're able to see the names of all the apps and background processes currently running, along with how much CPU and memory they're using. After you're done, you shut down Task Manager in the usual way by clicking the X to close the window. But herein lies the problem.
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