As you know, in Windows-systems there is such an interesting built-in tool as the "Task Manager". Almost every user knows how to enable it (let’s dwell on this separately). However, the issue of launching the applet and the location of the original file responsible for its launch should be clarified in a slightly broader interpretation than that offered by all kinds of computer courses or dubious sources on the Internet.
What is Task Manager, and why is it needed?
To begin with a brief excursion into the theory. It is no secret that absolutely all Windows systems, regardless of the modification, version, or installed assembly, are prone to errors and sudden crashes that can cause freezes of running applications.
Okay, just that. But the latest Windows 10 upgrades cause such disastrous consequences that it can be quite difficult to reanimate the system. But you can do it. Considering the techniques associated with using the command line that starts from removable media, here, first of all, it is the “Task Manager” “Windows” that comes to the rescue. How to enable it, any user knows what’s called, almost from the diaper - a three-finger combination. And it is in it that you can perform all the actions to complete the work of a frozen program. In addition, the "Task Manager" itself can be used for many more useful settings.
For example, in it you can track all active processes, and if viruses are detected, go to the location of the original files of the application you are looking for, view performance parameters, find out which application is loading the system resources the most, etc. In Windows 10, the "Task Manager" has undergone significant changes, since the startup tab was integrated into it, which was previously available exclusively in the system configurator, called through the msconfig command through the execution console. In terms of quick access to active processes and settings, bypassing the configurator, the tenth modification of the operating system has become much more convenient. Indeed, all the main parameter settings are concentrated in one applet. Sometimes, to perform some action (for example, launching a specific application), it is enough to use the main menu of the dispatcher itself, writing in it, as in the program execution menu, the name of the starting applet. This applies equally to calling system tools.
How to enable the "Task Manager" on Windows 7 or in any other system using the classical method?
But let's get back to the main question. So, how to enable the "Task Manager" on Windows 7 or in systems of a rank higher or lower? There is nothing complicated about it.
Anyone, even a novice user, knows that the classic combination in the form of a Del-Ctrl-Alt sequence is used for this. Sometimes a combination of Ctrl-Shift-Esc can be used, which few people know about. Why it was necessary to introduce such duplication, one can only guess, but the fact, as they say, remains a fact, although there is a reasonable explanation for this.
In the first case, the system is logged off, after which the corresponding screen with the menu appears, in the second the “Task Manager” is launched directly in the working system without exiting the user registration.
How to enable "Task Manager" on Windows from the run console?
Another method for launching a program is to use the Run menu, which can be called up via the start button, or by using Win + R for this quick combination.
How to enable the "Task Manager" in this case? Very simple! Here, in the program name input field, enter the command taskmgr. This, by the way, is considered one of the few methods for calling an applet when standard combinations due to failures in the operating system itself do not work.
What does it take to run an applet with administrator privileges?
Along the way, it is worth noting that in some cases, the "Task Manager" should be run with administrator rights.
As a rule, in the same console for executing program executable files there is a special start button on behalf of the administrator. However, in some assemblies, the administrator launch icon on the button itself may not be present (lack of access rights for a user who is not part of the administrator group is not considered now). So what to do and how to enable the "Task Manager" by the administrator?
The physical location of the program file and its start
To do this, you can use the usual "Explorer" or any other file manager. Here you need to find the file itself, which is responsible for starting the applet. If anyone does not know, all such files are usually located in the System32 directory, and on 64-bit systems they are duplicated in the SysWOW64 folder.
Thus, the question of how to enable the "Task Manager" is solved quite simply (in the specified folders and by launching the desired executable file on behalf of the administrator through the use of the PCM menu). That in the first, that in the second case, it will be called exactly the applet that corresponds to the system architecture. If someone does not understand, the 32-bit version is called from the first folder, and the second directory is intended to call the 64-bit modification, although it is not the difference in 64-bit systems.
Conclusion
As you can already imagine, there is nothing particularly complicated in launching the "Task Manager". The only question is how much the user understands the purpose of this applet and is ready to use it for his needs. It’s still possible to terminate user applications, but touching the system processes, especially when the user sees the presence of, for example, four or six svchost.exe processes, is clearly not worth it (unless it is a virus).