You can also change the process priorities using this utility and display the applications/services which run on startup. This utility also displays detailed information regarding your CPU, Memory, local disks and your internet connection. It is present in almost all the versions of the Microsoft operating system. Some users reported that they were having problems while accessing the task manager. It was either not responding or they couldn’t find a way to launch it. We have listed down a number of solutions to help you with your problem. Here are a few ways on how you can launch your task manager.
Solution 1: Running the System Maintenance Troubleshooter
The System Maintenance Troubleshooter will you run your Windows maintenance tasks automatically. It will automatically detect and fix problems such as broken links, file paths or shortcuts, and even disk volume errors. We can try running it and check our problem gets fixed.
Solution 2: Creating another account in Windows 10
It is possible that the problem you are facing is because of some error in your profile or the administrator hasn’t granted you access. We will cover how to edit the registry to enable the access of the task manager in your account if you are using a limited one. If you are the owner of this computer and still couldn’t access the task manager, we can try making a new local account and checking if this fixes anything.
Solution 3: Running System File Checker
If the solutions mentioned above don’t produce any results, we can try running the system file checker. System File Checker (SFC) is a utility present in Microsoft Windows which allows the users to scan their computers for corrupt files in their operating system. This tool has been there in Microsoft Windows since Windows 98. It is a very useful tool for diagnosing the problem and checking if any problem is due to corrupt files in windows. We can try running SFC and see if your problem gets solved. You will get one of the three responses when running SFC.
Windows didn’t find any integrity violationsWindows Resource Protection found corrupt files and repaired themWindows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some (or all) of them
Solution 4: Enabling Task Manager using the Registry
We can check if your task manager is disabled by the computer’s administrator or by a virus from your registry settings. Note that Windows Registry is a powerful tool and making modifications in data entries you don’t know about could damage your PC. Be extra careful and follow the steps carefully.
If you don’t have the registry present and the file path only goes till Policies, we can try creating the registry and implementing the changes needed.
Solution 5: Enabling Task Manager using the Group Policy Editor
Group Policy Editor is a utility in Microsoft Windows which allows you to edit the local policy settings. It can be used to enable the task manager if it is disabled.
Check if the task manager opens as expected.
Solution 6: Scanning for Malware
Sometimes, this unusual behavior is caused by malware or virus present in your machine. They have special scripts that run in the background which may be extracting your data or making changes to the settings. Scan your computer using your antivirus utility and ensure that your PC is clean. If you don’t have any specific antivirus utility installed, you can use the Windows Defender utility and scan.
Solution 7: Restoring your system
If all the above methods don’t work, we can try restoring your system to the last system restore point. Save all your work correctly and back up any important data. Do note that all the changes to your system configurations after the last restore point will be removed.
Solution 8: Install the latest Windows updates
Windows roll out important updates targeting the bug fixes in the operating system. If you are holding back and not installing the Windows update, we strongly recommend that you do. Windows 10 is the latest Windows operating system and new operating systems take a lot of time to get perfect in every regard. There are a lot of issues still pending with the OS and Microsoft rolls out frequent updates to target these issues.
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