I've just put out version 0.2.0 of Taskmon, my teeny tiny Task Manager replacement for Windows. Changelog:
Added a basic status bar.
Added a run dialog for launching new tasks.
Added Always on Top and Remember Window Position options.
Added 14 new columns:
GDI objects;
User objects;
Integrity;
Peak working set;
Virtual memory size;
Session;
Architecture;
User;
Command line;
Disk I/O;
Private bytes;
Page faults;
Priority;
and Process start time.
Add the ability to suspend and resume processes.
Added an option to change process priority.
Fixed an issue where CPU usage showed 0% on first run.
Fixed beep when pressing space after letter navigation in the settings column list.
Removed duplicate error message when launching a program fails.
Taskmon will now respect your system dark mode setting.
Download: github.com/trypsynth/taskmon/r…
Enjoy!
This entry was edited (Sunday, April 5, 2026, 11:59 PM)

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in reply to Quin

You know what would be totally dope? A tree mode. There is the concept of process trees, task manager has end process tree, and the program resource reporter knows about children to aggregate statistics. Being able to look at some multi-process electron app and see the complete picture of all its usage would be useful.
This entry was edited (Monday, April 6, 2026, 2:07 AM)
in reply to Peter Vágner

@pvagner I was wondering that too. I suspect Windows would clobber it during a repair or update or whatever, which isn't entirely unfair in many cases; all sorts of stuff likes to screw with Windows files it probably shouldn't, so Microsoft have gotten a bit protective there. Still, might be worth an experiment at some point. :)
in reply to Quin

Same thing as what classic taskmanager does. You just define a registry alias with the debugger string, it might already exist. Could add it to the app in settings, an install and uninstall button. The trick with this is if you do that you legitimately cannot invoke the regular task manager anymore even by running it directly, that alias is at a higher level. So no fallbacks for you. Which means you absolutely better be feature complete before you do that.
This entry was edited (Monday, April 6, 2026, 2:48 PM)
in reply to Quin

@Bri Task manager itself does this, it has bigger columns but they do still get cut off and you have to use control+c to see the full thing, which copies an ASCII table almost. The behavior you're looking for visually shows up as an elipsis that you can scroll right to read, as in file managers. NVDA sees the full text in that case. Auto-fitting the column is not it, that will cause one big column to blow out the size of the control itself.
This entry was edited (Monday, April 6, 2026, 10:10 PM)