Run Task Manager as another user (administrator)

Is it possible to run the Windows Task Manager as another user, for example, as an administrator?

Our users run with limited privileges, so it would be helpful if I could use Task Manager as an administrator to kill a process if needed.

From the Run prompt (Win+r) type the following and run it:

runas /user:Administrator taskmgr

Change "Administrator" to whatever user you want to run it as. You will then be prompted to enter the password of that user.

1. Run command prompt as administrator in the right click menu on command prompt icon

2. Type taskmgr in the command prompt.

The simplest way is to create a shortcut on the desktop. You can do this from the User account. In Explorer navigate to:

C:\Windows\System32\taskmgr.exe

Copy and paste to the desktop as a link, or drag and drop whilst holding down .

To use it, right click, runas, and select the desired user/password.

On Windows 7 (and possibly other versions), run task manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc) then at the bottom of the window click Show processes from all users. This will run Task Manager with administrator privileges.

Select the start menu, and type taskmgr into the "search programs and file". The task manager should come up in the results. Now right click taskmgr and select "run as administrator".

It works in Windows 7.