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The 'Performance' tab of the task manager is frozen in Windows 10 (V1909). I can select options to change the views of the graph but this screen is particularly frozen. It happened all of a sudden and the other tabs are working just fine. Surely there is a solution to this.

Frozen 'Performance' tab

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    Start with basic repair: Open cmd.exe with Run as Administrator and run: dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth . Follow with SFC /SCANNOW . When both are complete, restart and test. If DISM fails, run a Windows 10 Repair Install from the Microsoft Media Creation Link
    – anon
    Commented Jan 31, 2020 at 0:41
  • Thanks for the suggestion. I have already started others but isn't is too much to repair-installing the OS for just a task-manager frozen issue?
    – Alvee
    Commented Jan 31, 2020 at 0:55
  • If DISM and SFC do not fix things, then Repair Install is the next step. Start with Keep Everything. It is easy to do but takes an hour or two watching paint dry while it completes
    – anon
    Commented Jan 31, 2020 at 1:01
  • In Task Manager:click View . Check that Update speed is set to Normal or High - Restart your PC after?
    – Natsu Kage
    Commented Jan 31, 2020 at 1:13
  • After the dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth, then SFC /SCANNOW & restart, it's finally fixed. Thanks bunch @John & Natsu Kage
    – Alvee
    Commented Jan 31, 2020 at 2:09

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Start with basic repair: Open cmd.exe with Run as Administrator and run: dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth . Follow with SFC /SCANNOW . When both are complete, restart and test. This fixes most issues.

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I just had exactly the same problem, and found that somehow my task manager had been paused.

Check the "view" menu, and under update speed change it from paused to normal (or high).

I don't know how this ever got changed, and can't help to wonder if it was after an update.

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    To think of it now, I also got the problem after an update.
    – Alvee
    Commented May 19, 2020 at 16:04
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    Thanks! That's what caused my problem. No idea why it is paused though.
    – liyuanhe211
    Commented Jan 15, 2021 at 10:51
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    This was also the solution for me!
    – Jason Mehmel
    Commented Jun 4, 2021 at 16:18
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    Wow! it just solved my problem. I can't believe the solution was so simple, I suffered from it for years. Thank you so much!
    – SomethingSomething
    Commented Sep 22, 2021 at 14:07
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    This should be an accepted answer!
    – Vitalij
    Commented Oct 16, 2021 at 3:04

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