July 14, 2022

How to Run Task Manager as Admin in Windows 10

How to Run Task Manager as Admin in Windows 10

Task Manager is a powerful inbuilt utility that provides useful information on the overall resource usage of system apps along with statistics of each process. Here, you can prioritize tasks, enable/disable programs and services and monitor the app history as well. When you use your Standard account, you might not perform certain tasks or functions within Windows. All these activities can only be performed by functions with administrator rights. You may face an error message Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator when you open Task Manager. Also, you may face an Access denied prompt when you try to disable certain tasks from Task Manager. All these problems could be resolved when you run Task Manager as administrator. In this article, we have gathered 5 amazing methods depicting how to run Task Manager as an administrator on your Windows 10 PC.

How to Run Task Manager as Admin in Windows 10

How to Run Task Manager as Admin in Windows 10

Before you get into the actual steps to use Motsamaisi oa Mosebetsi as admin, you can take a brief look at why users prefer different user accounts on computers.

  • Users prefer separate user accounts especially for children without admin privileges on Windows computers. A standard account (without admin rights) helps them avoid downloading any harmful programs or applications from the internet and execute any critical tasks that attack the computer.
  • Users in the work environment prefer an admin account that has admin privileges that enables them to install any programs or apps from the website.
  • It is a recommended method to have a regular user account, that is separate from the admin account so that you can use it in case anything goes wrong with the admin account.

Why Do You Need to Run Task Manager as Administrator?

When you use a Standard account, you may not be able to perform certain tasks in Task Manager without admin rights in some scenarios as listed below.

  • You try to perform certain changes in Task Manager and access denied prompt pops up on the screen due to a lack of admin rights. Hence, to do the changes, for example, set/ change priorities, and end tasks you might need to use Task Manager as administrator.
  • You cannot perform any tasks as a Standard user in Task Manager if it is blocked by your Administrator. So, using any of the below-listed ways of opening Task Manager will not help you access it.
    • Typing Task Manager in the bareng ea ho batla & opening it from search results.
    • Right-clicking on empty space in Sebaka sa temo.
    • Ho tobetsa Ctrl + shift + Esc linotlolo hammoho.

Here are 5 effective ways to open Task Manager as an administrator on your Windows 10 computer.

This is a simple method of launching Task Manager as admin when compared to others. Like you launch all other desktop apps as admin, you can also use the search menu to launch Task Manager as admin. Follow as instructed.

1. Tšoaea ka Mochini oa Windows 'me u thaepe Motsamaisi oa Mosebetsi, ebe o tobetsa Mathang e le mookameli.

Hit the Windows key and type Task Manager

2. Joale, tobetsa E ka Taolo ea Ak'haonte ea Mosebelisi e potlakileng.

Now, the Task Manager will be opened as an administrator.

Method 2: Run Task Manager as Admin from Another Account

Many of you might remember a situation where you must be forced to log out of your regular standard user account and log in to the admin account to implement certain tasks and functions. This seems to be very inconvenient and you may face difficulties of losing your temporary works and files. Nevertheless, there is a simple way to run Windows Task Manager as admin from another admin account by using the Run command. Follow as instructed below.

1. Tšoaea ka Linotlolo tsa Windows + R hammoho ho bula Matha lebokose la lebokose.

2. Joale, ngola runas /user:Admin taskmgr le ho otla Kenya senotlolo ho bula Task Manager.

Hlokomela: Kenya sebaka admin with the name of the admin user account. It might be your first name or last name. For example, you must type runas /user:techcult taskmgr, if you have created a user account by the first name as Techcult and given it admin rights.

Now, type runas user Admin taskmgr in the Run dialog box and hit Enter.

3. Now, type your admin account credentials in the upcoming prompt and hit the Kenya senotlolo. This will open the Task Manager as an administrator.

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Method 3: Through Command Prompt

Apart from normal conventional methods to run Task Manager as administrator Windows 10, you can also use a command prompt to perform the same task as instructed below.

1. Otla the Windows + S keys mmoho ho bula Ho Batla Windows.

2. Tšoaea Laela kapele ka bareng ea ho batla ebe o tobetsa ho Mathang e le mookameli.

Hlokomela: You can also launch the Matha dialog box as instructed in the above method, type cmd, 'me u hatelle Ctrl + Shift + Kena linotlolo together to launch the command prompt as an admin.

Launch the Command Prompt as administrator. How to Run Task Manager as Admin in Windows 10

3. Joale, thaepa mosebetsi laela ebe otla the Kenya senotlolo.

type the command taskmgr and hit Enter. How to Run Task Manager as Admin in Windows 10

This will open Task Manager as an administrator on your Windows 10 PC.

Method 4: Through Windows PowerShell

Same as the above method, you can also use PowerShell to open Task Manager as an administrator. Follow the below-mentioned steps to implement the same.

1. Otla the Mochini oa Windows, taka windows matlahell Mme o tobetsa Mathang e le mookameli.

Enter Windows PowerShell and click on Run as administrator

2. Tobetsa ho E ka Taolo ea Akhaonto ea Mosebelisi.

3. Joale, thaepa mosebetsi command in the PowerShell window and hit Kenya senotlolo. This will open the Task Manager as an administrator.

type taskmgr in the PowerShell window

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Method 5: Run Task Manager as Admin from Desktop Shortcut

If you want to use Task Manager as quickly as possible, you can create a shortcut for Task Manager on the desktop and run it as an administrator. When you right-click on this shortcut, you can run it as administrator very easily by selecting the Run as administrator option. Here is how to create this shortcut on your Windows 10 PC.

1. Firstly, to etsa kgaoletso on your Desktop, right-click on the empty space and click on New.

create a shortcut on your desktop

2. Mona, tobetsa ea e khaoletsang option as depicted above.

3. Joale, pata the below path in the Ngola sebaka sa ntho eo field. You can also use Phetla ... button to find Taskmgr.exe file on your computer. Click on E 'ngoe.

C:WindowsSystem32Taskmgr.exe

paste the below path in the Type the location of the item field

4. Then, type a name for this shortcut and click fihlela qetellong to create the shortcut.

type a name for this shortcut and click Finish to create the shortcut. How to Run Task Manager as Admin in Windows 10

5. Hona joale, ea tsela e khutšoanyane will be displayed on the desktop screen as depicted.

the shortcut will be displayed on the desktop screen

6. Right-click on this shortcut and click on Mathang e le mookameli.

Right click on this shortcut and click on Run as administrator

Hlokomela: The below steps are optional. If you want to change the display icon, you can proceed on. Else, you have completed the steps to create a shortcut to run Task Manager as an admin on your Windows 10 PC.

7. E latelang, tobetsa ka ho le letona Matlo ebe o fetohela ho e khaoletsang Tab.

8. Mona, tobetsa Fetola Icon ...

click on Change Icon…

9. Select an icon from the list and click on OK.

Select an icon from the list and click on OK. How to Run Task Manager as Admin in Windows 10

10. Joale, tobetsa Etsa kopo> Ho lokile. Your icon for the Task Manager shortcut will be updated on the screen.

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Q1. What is a Task Manager?

Sehlooho. Task Manager is a powerful inbuilt utility that provides useful information on the overall resource usage of system apps along with statistics of each process. Here, you can prioritize tasks, enable/disable programs and services and monitor the app history as well.

Q2. Why do I need to run Task Manager with admin privileges?

Sehlooho. You try to perform certain changes in Task Manager and molaetsa o hanetsoeng ho fihlella pops up on the screen due to a lack of admin rights. Hence, to do the changes, for example, set/ change priorities, and end tasks you might need to use Task Manager as administrator.

Q3. How do I open Task Manager?

Sehlooho. There are various ways to open Task Manager. Out of them, one of the most simple step is to hit the Ctrl + Shift + Esc linotlolo ka nako e le 'ngoe.

Q4. How to launch Task Manager with Admin rights in Windows 11/10?

Sehlooho. Like you launch all other Desktop apps as admin, you can also use the Ho Batla Windows menu ya to launch Task Manager as admin. You can follow any one of the above-listed methods to launch Task Manager as admin, yet the simplest way to do it is by opening it from the search menu.

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Re tšepa hore tataiso ena e bile thuso 'me u khonne run Task Manager as admin on your PC. Let us know which method worked for you the best. If you have any queries/suggestions regarding this article, then feel free to drop them in the comments section.