Sorting in Task manager is extremely slow.

Anonymous
2021-09-02T02:26:24+00:00

Task manager sorting is extremely slow when I switch from sorting by name to performance metrics or vice versa.

For example - I can sort by name and if after that I decide to sort by one of the performance metrics - it's going to take about 3 seconds to do so. After that - I can freely sort by any of the performance metrics and I will experience no lag, unless I try to sort by the name again. In which case I will see another lag, also about 3 seconds. And from this point the cycle repeats.

I have had this issue before - the only resolution I have found - was to reinstall the windows, but it's not a solution I find sustainable.

TLDR

Sorting by CPU takes 3 seconds, after that, sorting by name takes 3 seconds, if I try to sort by CPU again - I will get another lag of the similar duration.

What can be done about it?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-08-26T19:15:41+00:00

    Finally got rid of the lag. This was so annoying. Guess Microsoft needs to rework the code of the Group by type setting.

    Disable Task Mananger's "Group by type" Setting

    https://mornechamberlain.dev/2022/04/windows-task-manager-slow-order-by/

    this helpful! thank you!

    Worked for me too! I love that Microsoft official support was no help and couldn't find the problem. All they do is "sfc scannow, dism, reset PC", I swear they're just bots.

    Lucky there are other users that are dedicated to finding and fixing the problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-06-16T03:19:12+00:00

    Finally got rid of the lag. This was so annoying. Guess Microsoft needs to rework the code of the Group by type setting.

    Disable Task Mananger's "Group by type" Setting

    https://mornechamberlain.dev/2022/04/windows-task-manager-slow-order-by/

    this helpful! thank you!

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-03-21T12:36:16+00:00

    I think I found the reason at least for me. This problem happens when you update Windows 10 to 11. If you install a fresh Windows 11 then there are no issues at all!

    So the problem lies in update procedures from 10 to 11.

    Not surprised, but fresh install is not really a solution for most. :)

    And eventually you will install something you used beforeand the lag will be back.

    One of those seems to be Oculus OVRRedir process/service. At least three users in this thread had Oculus installed (I saw it on the process list of user (@azuse) in this thread).

    Of course there might more offending processes out there.

    So for you guys you may want to start killing processes and then stopping 3rd party services until the lag dissappears.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-03-21T09:47:02+00:00

    I think I found the reason at least for me. This problem happens when you update Windows 10 to 11. If you install a fresh Windows 11 then there are no issues at all!

    So the problem lies in update procedures from 10 to 11.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-03-21T09:30:44+00:00

    I don't have any VR-related software installed on my PC. Mouse pointer and sorting are very slow

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