windows 11 task manager

Microsoft has quietly closed out one of the oddest Windows 11 regressions of the year: an optional preview update temporarily turned Task Manager’s Close (X) into a lie, allowing invisible taskmgr.exe processes to pile up in the background — and the November cumulative has now fixed it...

Microsoft has quietly closed one of the more baffling recent Windows 11 regressions: the oddball Task Manager behavior that left invisible taskmgr.exe processes running after you clicked the Close (X) button is fixed in the November 2025 cumulative update (KB5068861), which upgrades affected...