Content

• Steps
• Tips
• Warnings

This article will show you how to start the Task Manager from the Command Prompt on a Windows computer.

Steps

1. 1 Open the start menu . Click on the Windows logo in the lower left corner of the screen.
2. 2 Scroll down and click on Utilities - Windows almost at the very bottom of the Start menu.
3. 3 Press The Command Prompt is at the top of the System Tools - Windows folder.
4. 4 Enter in Command Prompt taskmgr. This is a command that opens Task Manager from any folder on your computer.
5. 5 Click on ↵ Enterto execute the command. After a moment, the Task Manager window will appear on the screen.

Tips

• The Task Manager can also be opened by simultaneously pressing the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Esc.
• When you open Command Prompt, enter this command to open the Task Manager on any Windows computer. The exception is Windows XP, on which you must enter taskmgr.exe.
• Command Prompt can be opened on any Windows computer by entering the command cmd into the Run program. You can also do this by entering the phrase command line and clicking on the Command Line icon.

Warnings

• Although you do not need to have administrator rights to run this command, Command Prompt access may be blocked on some networked computers.