Feature Requests: Hide Widget Apps, Add GPU/Network Stats, and Dynamic Unit Scaling.

[Nelethor]

Hey,

I’d like to request a few enhancements to improve usability and clarity in TaskManagerEx. These are based on everyday usage with desktop widgets and modern hardware (GPU, fast networking, large memory).

Screenshot for reference (showing the related areas):

1. Option to Hide Desktop Widgets and Background Utilities from the Applications Tab

Apps like:

• Rainmeter
• Rainlendar
• Twinkle Tray

always appear under Applications, even though:

• Rainmeter & Rainlendar are desktop widgets (no standard window)
• Twinkle Tray lives only in the system tray and doesn’t have an open top-level window
• They clutter the list with entries that are not “real applications”

Requested Feature

Add a way to hide apps that do not have a visible window, e.g.:

• A toggle like:
  “Hide background utilities / tray apps from Applications”,
  or
• Automatically hide processes without a visible foreground window,
  or
• A per-app exclusion list (“Ignore this application”).
  This would make the Applications list much more meaningful.

2. Add “GPU Usage” and “Network Usage” to the Bottom Status Bar

In the screenshot, the bottom bar currently shows:

• Processes
• CPU usage
• Physical Memory usage

It would be extremely useful to add:

Requested Additions

• GPU Usage: x%
  From the global GPU utilization performance counter (same used by the Windows Performance tab).
• Network: Up/Down or Total throughput
  Something like:
  Network: 208 B/s up, 272 B/s down
  or a combined “Total”.

This provides a quick at-a-glance overview, matching how modern systems monitor resources.

3. Dynamic Unit Scaling (Replace Fixed “K”)

Currently, many numbers display in K (kilobytes), for example:

50,000 K

On modern systems with large RAM, this is hard to read.

Requested Feature

Use automatic unit scaling:

• KB
• MB
• GB
• (TB if needed)

Example:

50,000 K → 48.8 MB

1,572,864 K → 1.50 GB

This dramatically improves readability and matches the modern Task Manager’s behavior.

Why These Features Matter

These additions would modernize TaskManagerEx while keeping the classic Windows 2000/XP design:

• Cleaner Applications tab (no widget/tray clutter)
• Clearer system overview at the bottom
• More readable numbers for large memory and high-usage systems
• Better GPU + network visibility is extremely useful today

Thanks

Thank you for the ongoing work on TaskManagerEx, it’s easily the best classic-style Task Manager available. These changes would push it even further for modern daily use.