How To Run Task Manager As Administrator in Windows
To perform administrative tasks from the Task Manager, for example, restart a system service, you need to open the task manager as administrator.
There are a couple of ways to run Task Manager as administrator in the Windows operating system.
The easiest way is to click the Start button and type task, and then right-click the Task Manager icon in the search result. And then click Run as administrator from the menu that appears.
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Alternatively, go to Start Menu | Windows System, right-click Task manager, go to more, and click Run as administrator.
![run task manager as administrator](https://storage.googleapis.com/static.configserverfirewall.com/images/windows10/windows-system-task-manager-as-admin.webp)
If you want to run task manager as admin from cmd, first, you need to open the command prompt as administrator.
![run task manager as admin from cmd](https://storage.googleapis.com/static.configserverfirewall.com/images/windows10/cmd-run-task-manager-as-administrator.webp)
After that, type taskmgr
and press Enter to open the Task Manager.