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I want Task Manager to be opened and minimized to the tray every time I log in. The current way I have it is with Task Scheduler, which launches the command %windir\system32\cmd.exe /c start /min taskmgr.exe, but this doesn't work correctly. Does anyone have a better solution?

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  • Windows 7? Just found this HowToGeek: howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/…
    – Kinnectus
    May 19, 2014 at 23:19
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    You have a tiny mistake you your command. to correctly resolve path variable windir it has to be surounded by % signs from both sides. Like this: %windir%\system32\cmd.exe /c start /min taskmgr.exe I have just checked and this command works ok on my machine Jan 19, 2015 at 9:43

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Just use a real path (e.g. C:\Windows\system32) instead of %windir\system32

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Do you have to use cmd.exe to launch taskmgr...? Using task scheduler is the recommended way to run such a task so well done. Task scheduler can append arguments (such as the /min you want) to the executable you are running - look in the action tab for your task.

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  • I'm looking for any solution that gets the job done - doesn't have to be via cmd.
    – user140967
    May 20, 2014 at 0:26

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