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
Before you get into the actual steps to use Task manager 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 sökfält & opening it from search results.
- Right-clicking on empty space in Aktivitetsfältet fältet~~POS=HEADCOMP.
- Genom att trycka på Ctrl + Shift + Esc nycklar tillsammans.
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. tryck på Windows-tangenten och typ Task manager, klicka sedan på Kör som administratör.
2. Klicka sedan på Ja i Kontroll av användarkonto prompt.
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. tryck på Windows + R-tangenter tillsammans för att öppna Körning dialog ruta.
2. Skriv nu runas /user:Admin taskmgr och slå Enter-tangent för att öppna Aktivitetshanteraren.
Notera: ersätta Administration 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.
3. Now, type your admin account credentials in the upcoming prompt and hit the Enter-tangent. 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. Slå på Windows + S keys tillsammans för att öppna Windows Search.
2. Typ kommando~~POS=TRUNC i sökfältet och klicka på Kör som administratör.
Notera: Du kan också starta Körning dialog box as instructed in the above method, type cmd och tryck på Ctrl + Skift + Enter nycklar together to launch the command prompt as an admin.
3. Skriv nu taskmgr kommandot och tryck på Enter-tangent.
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. Slå på Windows-tangenten, Typ windows powershell och klicka på Kör som administratör.
2. Klicka på Ja i Användarkontokontroll.
3. Skriv sedan taskmgr command in the PowerShell window and hit Enter-tangent. This will open the Task Manager as an administrator.
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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 skapa en genväg on your Desktop, right-click on the empty space and click on Nya.
2. Klicka här på genväg option as depicted above.
3. Nu, klistra the below path in the Ange platsen för objektet field. You can also use Bläddra ... button to find Taskmgr.exe file on your computer. Click on Nästa.
C:WindowsSystem32Taskmgr.exe
4. Then, type a name for this shortcut and click Finish to create the shortcut.
5. Nu den genväg will be displayed on the desktop screen as depicted.
6. Right-click on this shortcut and click on Kör som administratör.
Notera: 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. Högerklicka sedan på Våra Bostäder och växla till genväg fliken.
8. Klicka här Byta ikon…
9. Select an icon from the list and click on OK.
10. Klicka nu på Ansök> OK. Your icon for the Task Manager shortcut will be updated on the screen.
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Vanliga frågor (FAQ)
Q1. What is a Task Manager?
Ans. 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?
Ans. You try to perform certain changes in Task Manager and åtkomst nekad 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.
Q3. How do I open Task Manager?
Ans. There are various ways to open Task Manager. Out of them, one of the most simple step is to hit the Ctrl + Shift + Esc-tangenter samtidigt.
Q4. How to launch Task Manager with Admin rights in Windows 11/10?
Ans. Like you launch all other Desktop apps as admin, you can also use the Windows Search meny 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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Vi hoppas att den här guiden var till hjälp och att du kunde 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.