[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
    2022-02-20T07:16:56+00:00

    Do you have all the info you need or is there anything else you need from me?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-20T07:09:11+00:00

    FWIW, after running chkdsk on the VM,

    vivetool queryconfig all returns the following

    "Failed to query feature configurations"

    The new TM is still there

    Correct, they are all wiped out.

    The new TM is the default they use the configs to disable it 🤣

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-20T07:02:36+00:00

    that is why you see the new Task Manager.

    Are you talking about the VM ot the laptop?

    I did not see the new TM after running chkdsk on the laptop

    Image

    The VM has the new TM regardless

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-20T06:56:44+00:00

    FWIW, after running chkdsk on the VM,

    "Failed to query feature configurations"

    The new TM is still there

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-02-20T06:50:08+00:00

    My clean installed 22557 VM has the new TM.

    Those 2 configs are not there on a clean install, that is why you see the new Task Manager.

    chkdsk may wipe out all the other configs that are already in.

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