It's one of the most irritating, most annoying and most frequently faced problems for Windows users. Many times when you open Task Manager by right-clicking on Taskbar and selecting "Start Task Manager" option or by pressing "Ctrl+Shift+Esc" keys together, you notice that Task Manager window doesn't have titlebar, menubar, minimize, maximize and close buttons. It looks like following screenshot:
Did you ever wonder why does it happen and how to fix this problem?
Actually its not a problem, in such situation Task Manager is running in "Tiny Footprint Mode". Its a special mode of Task Manager and its by design and sometimes you apply this mode accidentally.
To fix this problem, just double click on the glass border and your Task manager will be back in normal mode. You'll be able to see menubar, titlebar and other buttons.
You can again change the normal mode to Tiny footprint mode by double-clicking on the border.
This article was posted by VG in following section: Troubleshooting, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP.
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Katie
God Bless you!! My 3 year old did this and we couldn't figure out how to fix this! What a simple solution! Thank you!!
VG
^^ I'm glad that it helped you. :)
Laurens
THX
Alex G
Thanks! I have been trying to figure this one out for well over a year!! Brilliant!!!
Frank
Thanx, I really appreciate. I didn't what I hit, but there it was.
I tried the usual windows method (Shutdow/reboot), but this time it didn't work...
I checked the help topic in task manager, but couldn't find it!
I found it on the net, thanks again!
Smith
Thank you so much. This is a very stupid "feature" for the task manager (at least, implemented the way it is), but I'm very glad I found your page on what it is and HOW TO RESET IT!!
vivek
hey......dat tip was amazing....simple but...hard to figure it out....without it i would hav ended in booting my comp......thanxx!!!
Prabhu
Thanks. I learnt a new thing today.
BH Redlin
Yesterday Internet Explorer 9 was download to our computer. Now the Main Menu is gone and How do I get it back? Help me - Thank you
VG
^^ Check following:
http://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-menu-bar-favorites-bar-command-bar-and-status-bar-in-microsoft-internet-explorer-9-ie9-rc-release-candidate/