 Task Manager Help Contents

Activating Task Manager

Switching to another window

Ending a task

Arranging windows on the desktop

Exiting Windows

Running another Program

Uninstalling Task Manager

Installing Task Manager

Registering hTools

Technical Support and Customer Service

Legal Notices and Disclaimers

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Activating Task Manager

The Task Manager is a small application which allows you to switch between other application windows, and to arrange them

The Task Manager is activated by:

•	Double clicking on the desktop with the left mouse button,

•	Pressing Ctrl+Esc.

•	The control menu of an application window, using the menu item labeled Switch To.

The Task Manager displays a list of active application windows on the desktop.  If a window is hidden, the window caption text is preceded by (hidden).  After the window text is the module name for the task.  If the application is assigned a hot key, that is listed at the end.


Switching to Another Window

The Task Manager displays a list of active application windows on the desktop.  If a window is hidden, the window caption text is preceded by (hidden).  After the window text is the module name for the task.  If the application is assigned a hot key, that is listed at the end.

You may switch to any visible window in the list by double clicking or selecting the item in the list and clicking the Switch To button.


Ending Another Task

You may close an application window by selecting the window in the list, and clicking the Close Window button.

Sometimes, an application may refuse to close.  There are two ways to try to get the task to terminate.  The first is called Quitting the task.  You can quit a task by clicking the End Task button with the Shift key held down.  This will give the task a direct command to quit, however, an application may not properly save its data.

If the quitting the task does not work, you may Kill the task.  This is done by holding both the Ctrl and Shift key down while clicking the End Task button.  This usually will terminate the task, however, this is a rather rude way to do it.  The application may lose any unsaved data.

You should always try the normal methods of ending a task before using Quit Task and Kill Task.


Arranging Windows on the Desktop

You may arrange your windows on your Windows desktop in several ways using the Task Manager.

•	To cascade all open windows on the desktop, click the Cascade button.  This will arrange the windows such that they overlay one another in an orderly pattern.

•	To tile all open windows on the desktop, click the Tile button.  This will arrange the windows is a horizontally tiled manner.  You may tile the windows vertically if you press the Shift key while clicking the Tile button.

•	To arrange the icons in an orderly pattern on the desktop, press the Arrange Icons buttons.

•	To minimize all open windows on the desktop, press the Shift key while clicking the Arrange icons buttons.  This will turn all open windows into icons.


Exiting Windows

•	You may exit Windows from the task manager by clicking the Exit Windows button.

•	If you wish to exit Windows and restart a new Windows session, click the Exit Windows button while the Shift key is held down.

•	If you wish to exit Windows and reboot your computer, click the Exit Windows buttons while both the Shift and Ctrl keys are held down.


Run Dialog

You may start another application from the task manager by clicking the Run button.  In the Run Dialog box, you may type the name of an application's program file name, or the name of an application's document, and then click the OK button.


Installing Task Manager

If the hTools Task Manager is not currently installed to be the Task Manager for your system, you may install the hTools Task Manager by selecting the Install menu item from the Task Manager's control menu in the upper left corner.  This will cause windows to use the hTools task manager after windows is restarted.


Uninstalling Task Manager

You may uninstall the hTools Task Manager by selecting the Uninstall menu item from the Task Manager's control menu in the upper left corner.  This will cause windows to use the default Windows Task Manager after Windows is restarted.

However, uninstalling the Task Manager does not remove the program and help file from the disk.

To completely remove the hTools utilities from your disk, run the hTools setup application.


Options Dialog

This dialog customizes how windows are listed in the Task list.

•	The Hidden windows check box will show hidden windows in the list if checked.

•	The Module names check box will show the module names of each window in the list if checked.

•	The Hot keys check box will show the currently assigned hot key, if any, of each window if checked.