Comments on: How to Start Vista Task Manager in Elevated Mode by Default http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/start-task-manager-elevated-default/ Troubleshooting Windows 7/XP/Vista, Fixes & Tweaks | General Productivity Tips Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:27:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Goscicki http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/start-task-manager-elevated-default/comment-page-1/#comment-17496 Robert Goscicki Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:14:07 +0000 http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=746#comment-17496 --EDIT-- I just noticed that if you copy the above text into a .reg file the quotations (") may get altered. So, after you paste it into Notepad you must delete each quotation (") then retype a normal quotation. I hope I haven't confused anyone. :) –EDIT–

I just noticed that if you copy the above text into a .reg file the quotations (“) may get altered. So, after you paste it into Notepad you must delete each quotation (“) then retype a normal quotation.

I hope I haven’t confused anyone. :)

]]> By: Robert Goscicki http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/start-task-manager-elevated-default/comment-page-1/#comment-17495 Robert Goscicki Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:03:26 +0000 http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=746#comment-17495 I have Windows 7 and your taskmgr.vbs wouldn't work for me. Then I thought an easier way to do this would be to check "Run this program as an administrator" on the Compatibility tab in taskmgr.exe Properties, but the Compatibility tab is disabled for taskmgr.exe. So I opened Regedit and manualy added C:\Windows\System32\taskmgr.exe to the Compatibility list and set it to "RUNASADMIN". It actualy worked! Now the Task Manager always runs as an administrator. So, go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers Create new String Value, and name it: C:\Windows\System32\taskmgr.exe Set it's value to: RUNASADMIN That's it! Or you can just copy this into Notepad and save it as a .reg file, then double-click the .reg file to merge it into the registry: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers] "C:\\Windows\\System32\\taskmgr.exe"="RUNASADMIN" I have Windows 7 and your taskmgr.vbs wouldn’t work for me. Then I thought an easier way to do this would be to check “Run this program as an administrator” on the Compatibility tab in taskmgr.exe Properties, but the Compatibility tab is disabled for taskmgr.exe.

So I opened Regedit and manualy added C:\Windows\System32\taskmgr.exe to the Compatibility list and set it to “RUNASADMIN”. It actualy worked! Now the Task Manager always runs as an administrator.

So, go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers

Create new String Value, and name it:
C:\Windows\System32\taskmgr.exe

Set it’s value to:
RUNASADMIN

That’s it!

Or you can just copy this into Notepad and save it as a .reg file, then double-click the .reg file to merge it into the registry:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers]
“C:\\Windows\\System32\\taskmgr.exe”=”RUNASADMIN”

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