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136 Managing Your Device
13.4 Using Task Manager
Task Manager lets you view and stop running programs, configure the button, and enable the Quick
Menu on the Home screen.
To open Task Manager
Tap the Quick Menu button on the top right corner of the Home screen to open the Quick Menu, then
tap .
On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap All Settings. On the System tab, tap Task
Manager.
To switch back to a running program
Tap the program name in the Quick Menu.
On the Task Manager screen, tap and hold the program name on the Running tab, then tap Activate.
To configure the Exit ( ) button
You can configure the Exit button to shut down running programs when the button is tapped, or to just
temporarily close the program screen but keep the program running.
1. On the Task Manager screen, tap the Button tab.
2. Select the Enable the “X” button to end running programs check box.
Note When the Enable the “X” button to end running programs check box is not selected, tapping the
Exit button will only close a program screen. The program is not ended and continues to run in the
background.
3. Choose the action for shutting down programs (by tapping the button, or by tapping and holding
the button).
4. Tap OK.
To close running programs from the Task Manager
1. On the Task Manager screen, tap the Running tab.
2. Do one of the following:
Select the check box of the programs that you want to close, then tap Stop Selected.
Tap Stop All to close all programs in the list.
Tap Menu > Stop All but Selected to close all programs except those which check boxes are
selected.
Tip You can also close running programs from the Quick Menu on the Home screen. See “Quick Menu” in Chapter 1 for
details.
To add a running program to the exclusive list
If you add a running program to the Exclusive Programs List, it will not be closed when you tap Stop
Selected or Stop All and will not be listed in the Quick Menu on the Home Screen.
1. On the Task Manager screen, tap the Running tab.
2. Tap and hold the program name, then tap Add Exclusive.
Tip To remove a program from the exclusive list, tap the Exclusive tab, select the check box of the program, then tap
Remove.
To set the sorting preference and program icon size in the Quick Menu
1. On the Task Manager screen, tap the Others tab.
2. In Sort programs in Quick Menu by, choose whether to sort according to Program name or Memory
usage. The list will be sorted in ascending order.
3. In Program icon size in Quick Menu, choose whether to use Small size or Large size.
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