Every had Task Manager swap from its useful, tabbed self into a tabless meter that insists on floating above your other windows, with no clear way of going back to the UI you've grown to know and love?

The Old New Thing : Where did my Task Manager tabs and buttons go?:

Where did my Task Manager tabs and buttons go?

Ah, welcome to 'Tiny Footprint Mode'.

This mode exists for the ultrageeks who want to put a tiny little CPU meter in the corner of the screen. To go back to normal mode, just double-click a blank space in the border.


Phew. Thank heavens.