Posts Tagged ‘Process Idle Tasks’

Running Process Idle Tasks helps the system to complete pending tasks.

Below is the code:

%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks

Copy the above code and paste it in Run command (Ctrl+R)

and press Enter

To perform idle tasks.

Alternatively you can create shortcut for this to perform easily. Follow the below steps to create shortcut on your Desktop.

  1. Right-click on your desktop and Select New > Shortcut
  2. In type the location of the item path: Enter below information
    %windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
  3. Click Next. In the next screen, Type a name for this shortcut: Ex: Clear Memory or Process Idle Tasks
  4. Click on Finish

Your shortcut is now created and whenever you feel that your system is busy not responding to commands, just run this command and it should free up the system.