Earlier this week, Microsoft began rolling out a new Windows 11 build, KB5067036 (Build 26200.719 or 26100.7019), which appears to have brought a strange bug to the Task Manager. Most people probably use Task Manager to see if any programs are acting up or using a disproportionate amount of resources.

However, the bug discovered by Windows Latest appears to make the tool clog up memory by duplicating itself and not allowing users to close the window. The issue appears to affect both Windows 24H2 and 25H2 users who install the October preview.

Windows Latest found that the strange bug occurred in 30 of their 100 virtual machines. Each duplicate Task Manager can use between 20 and 25MB of RAM. In one test, 100 instances of the tool were created by the bug, using up 2GB of RAM — a not insig

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