I noticed there is a status column in Windows 10s task manager where some processes have a symbol that looks like a leaf. I have no idea what the symbol could mean. There is no tool tip describing the symbol.
Windows – What does the leaf symbol in the status column of the task manager mean
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The Task Manager Virtualization column corresponds to UAC file and registry virtualization, a compatibility feature. Please see the following article for a high-level overview of file and registry virtualization (second bullet point in the article):
http://blogs.msdn.com/uac/archive/2006/02/22/537129.aspx
For some details on when virtualization is enabled for a process, see the following comments:
http://blogs.msdn.com/uac/archive/2006/02/22/537129.aspx#549260
This is a special measurement based on an application's CPU and disk usage during startup. It helps the user to determine what app slows down the startup process and to decide what to disable.
The official documentation at Microsoft website states that these values are possible:
- High impact – Apps that use more than 1 second of CPU time or more than 3 MB of disk I/O at startup
- Medium impact – Apps that use 300 ms - 1000 ms of CPU time or 300 KB - 3 MB of disk I/O
- Low impact – Apps that use less than 300 ms of CPU time and less than 300 KB of disk I/O
Moreover, you can see the exact CPU and disk I/O utilization values yourself by enabling the corresponding columns on the same tab:
P.S. The 'Startup' tab has actually been in previous versions of Windows. It was less fancier though and could be found in the msconfig applet. In Windows 8 the corresponding msconfig tab redirects user to the Task Manager:
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Notice that your process has a > in front of it? If you click it, it opens the group to see what's inside.
You'll notice that you find a new process in there with the same leaf icon. This time, however it also has the word "Suspended" next to it, which is the tooltip you were looking for,
These processes are suspended because they are not actively used. This means that the process is not using any CPU but can be resumed at a later stage to work again without starting up. Windows manages the suspending/unsuspending of its core processes to make windows respond more snappy but not actually run slower because there are background processes that aren't being used.
Do note, the faster your computer is, the less likely it is that windows needs to suspend processes. So some users with fast pc's may not see any suspended process, while people with a slower pc may see a lot of them.