TBF the task manager and those windows explorer dialogues were programed in like 1996 and it's probably one of the best functioning feature in Windows so changing it too much carries high risks.

[–] cm0002@sh.itjust.works 21 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Lol yea, but it would have been such a small tweak with big big QoL improvements LMAO

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 6 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

There is nothing in windows that's a small tweak.
Changing anything has implications to a banking business Joe somewhere, who's program depends on the original feature working as it does, or one of the 16 layers of code is simply tangled in a way such change would require cascade of rewrites.

I've read articles about various developments: working with ~~regex~~ registry*, or just adding a control panel option, and it's an absolute nightmare.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 8 points 13 hours ago

Bring back spacebar heating!

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

You can use process explorer, it even has option to act as a replacement for task manager.

Edit: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

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