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I was wondering if anyone knew whether taskmgr.exe in Windows Vista/7 was extend-able via a plugin system.

I found this, but this is limited to XP,2k3 and he specifically states he didn't know about vista's and seven's.

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I think it is not possible to extend Task Manager with some kind of plugin. App from the link is just a new app that mimics a regular Task Manager and add some functionality.

It is however possible to bind a new app to be executed instead of a normal Task Manager.

Michal Sznajder
One excellent example of this is http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx Process Explorer, which can optionally register itself to launch instead of Task Manager.
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