[Resolved in Build 22567] New Task Manager reverting back to the old style with Build 22557.1, randomly on different machines.

Anonymous
2022-02-18T16:00:07+00:00

After updating to Build 22557.1 on 2/16/2022 the new style Task Manager showed up and worked as advertise in the blog except for a minor bug with the Title of the tabs defaulting to Processes regardless of the tab selected to open as default in settings.

A day later on 2/17/2022 the new Task Manager started to revert to the old style on some machines randomly.

Other machines still have the new style Task Manager.

It appears to be another typical A/B testing done by MS without any warning to the users.

On one machine it reverted back again on 2/18/2022 after I restored it to the new style the day before.

I have no problem participating in A/B testing, but I'd like MS to notify when they change those experimental features so that the users are not left guessing on what is happening.

This comment is in the Blog:

[We are beginning to roll this change out, so it isn’t available to all Insiders just yet as we plan to monitor feedback and see how it lands before pushing it out to everyone.]

FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Desktop Environment > Task Manager.

Windows Insider program | Windows Insider preview | Desktop environment and Start menu

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-02-19T17:48:44+00:00

    Yes, there are, now, 3 ways to see Snap choices.

    1. Hover the maximise button.
    2. (New) Shove a window up to the top edge.
    3. Hit Win+Z

    Cheers,
    Drew![Image](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/e40f351d-7b3f-4d35-9c85-f8ed4b0beac5?platform=QnA

    For me #1 is the better option.

    #2 is not practical and doesn't work every time, too often it is hidden behind the window and all this acrylic visual is just annoying.

    I would disable #2 immediately if they had the option.

    Moving up the window to the top used to maximize to full screen, now you don't know what to expect, the behavior is unpredictable depending on how much you push the window up you get different results. 🤣

    https://aka.ms/AAfsc15

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-19T17:40:59+00:00

    In the latest build notes it says that the Task Manager has been revamped and supports dark mode, but it still only opens the old one in light mode. The only difference is that when I right click a process there's an option called "Efficiency mode" which is greyed out. Please let me know if this is supposed to happen or not. My system is using the dark theme currently.

    (Note; I know this post doesn't relate to the topic, I was unsure of which one to choose and I chose this one as it seemed close)

    @RRS_1108,

    If you read the note on top of the thread, the blog says that the new task manager is not rolled out to everybody yet, they are waiting for feedbacks before they let it loose.

    They have been reverting it back to the old style for the last two days for most of the users.

    Here is one machine with the new Task Manager

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-19T15:52:23+00:00

    In the latest build notes it says that the Task Manager has been revamped and supports dark mode, but it still only opens the old one in light mode. The only difference is that when I right click a process there's an option called "Efficiency mode" which is greyed out. Please let me know if this is supposed to happen or not. My system is using the dark theme currently.

    (Note; I know this post doesn't relate to the topic, I was unsure of which one to choose and I chose this one as it seemed close)

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  4. Drew - 810 Reputation points
    2022-02-19T09:11:35+00:00

    Yes, there are, now, 3 ways to see Snap choices.

    1. Hover the maximise button.
    2. (New) Shove a window up to the top edge.
    3. Hit Win+Z

    Cheers,
    Drew![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/e40f351d-7b3f-4d35-9c85-f8ed4b0beac5?platform=QnA

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  5. BryceSor 5,500 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-02-19T08:59:54+00:00

    You can still do that as well

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