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  1. Windows 11 Task Manager Ghost Instances Fixed by KB5068861

    Microsoft has quietly closed a puzzling lifecycle regression in Windows 11 that left invisible Task Manager processes running after you clicked the Close (X) button — the November cumulative update (KB5068861) restores the expected behavior and prevents multiple background instances of...
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  2. Windows 11 KB5067036 Regression Causes Ghost Task Manager Processes

    Microsoft’s October preview for Windows 11 (KB5067036) has introduced a puzzling regression: closing Task Manager with the window Close (X) button sometimes does not terminate taskmgr.exe, leaving behind “ghost” Task Manager processes that accumulate with each reopen and can degrade system...
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  3. Windows 11 KB5067036 Task Manager Duplicates Bug Explained

    Windows 11’s October preview (KB5067036) is shipping attractive UI changes — a redesigned Start menu, colorful battery icons and fixes for Update & Shut Down — but an emerging, strange regression is putting one of the OS’s core utilities under a microscope: multiple reports show Task Manager’s...
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