How to Enable or Disable Task Manager on Windows 11 or 10?

Microsoft Windows provides you with a feature called Task Manager. It is a pretty helpful feature. However, if you want to learn, you can turn off access to stop users from restarting specific programs or changing process priorities. Turning off the access will also help you comply with your organizational policies. To get into how to learn that, keep reading this risewindows article.

How to Turn Off Task Manager on Windows 11 or 10 through Local Group Policy Editor?

Use the following steps to disable the Task Manager on Windows 11 or 10 using Local Group Policy Editor:-

Step 1: Open Local Group Policy Editor (Gpedit.msc).

Step 2: In the left sidebar of Local Group Policy Editor, browse the following:-

User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Ctrl + Alt + Del Options

Step 3: Find the policy name Remove Task Manager on the right side pane. Double-click on it.

Step 4: Select Enabled.

Step 5: Click on Apply.

Step 6: Click on OK.

Step 7: Reboot your PC to apply the changes.

After you complete the above steps, the Task Manager won’t work on your Windows computer. Even if you try the Ctrl + Shift + Esc keyboard shortcut to open Task Manager, it will not work. Instead, a message will appear on your screen when you open the Task Manager from the start button, saying, “Your administrator has disabled Task Manager.”

How to Turn On Task Manager on Windows 11 or 10 through Local Group Policy Editor?

Use the following steps to enable the Task Manager access on Windows 11 or 10 using Local Group Policy Editor:-

Step 1: To begin, Open Local Group Policy Editor (Gpedit.msc).

Step 2: In the Local Group Policy Editor, browse the following:-

User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Ctrl + Alt + Del Options

Step 3: Find the policy name Remove Task Managerin the left sidebar. Double-click on it.

Step 4: Select the Not Configured or Disabled option.

Step 5: Click on Apply.

Step 6: Click on OK.

Step 7: Reboot your PC to apply the changes.

Once you complete the above steps, Task Manager will start working.

How to Enable or Disable Task Manager on Windows 11 or 10 using Registry Editor?

Use the following steps to turn on or off Task Manager on Windows 11 or 10 through Registry Editor:-

Step 1: First, Open Registry Editor.

Step 2: Browse the following in the left sidebar of Registry Editor:-

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

Step 3: Click on Systemafter expanding the Policies key. In case you don’t find the “System” key under the “Policies” key, right-click on the Policies key and select New > Key. Set the name to System.

Step 4: Select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value by right-clicking on the System key.

Step 5: Name this new REG_DWORD to DisableTaskMgr.

Step 6: Open the DisableTaskMgr REG_DWORD by double-clicking on it and set the “Value data” to the following:-

• 0: Allows opening Task Manager.
• 1: Blocks access to Task Manager.

Step 7: Click on OK.

Step 8: Finally reboot your computer to apply the changes.

You won’t face any trouble allowing or blocking the Task Manager access on your Windows 11 or 10 system once you have completed all the above steps.

That is it.

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