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Why is Task Manager Disabled?
Some time ago I received an email from a reader curious why their Task Manager option was grayed out on the taskbar right-click menu. After a bit of research his problem was solved, and now I’m sharing the solution with everybody.
There is a registry key that will disable Task Manager, although it’s not always clear how or why it was set to disable. In many cases the problem is related to spyware, so you should also scan your computer.
Why is task manager grayed out?
Manual Registry Hack
Open up regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then navigate down to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
On the right-hand side is a 32-bit REG_DWORD value named DisableTaskMgr with one of two values:
- 1 – Disable task manager
- 0 – Enable task manager
Just double-click and change the value, or even delete the key. The change should take place immediately.
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- Published 10/9/07
Hi….
The Task Manager Registry Edit is different on my Vista system — there is no folder under Policies while you have a System folder. I don’t suppose that folder is somehow hidden.
Cheers, Stephen
It works!! Thanks so much! I’ve needed this information for a long time.
You can also go to Start -> Run and type gpedit.msc and then in the Group Policy editor navigate to User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Ctrl+Alt+Del Options and change the Remove Task Manager policy to Not Configured or Disabled.
Great suggestion, Dan. Thank you!
Thanks for this timely post. I read it a week or so ago, and then today, my task manager was greyed out, for some reason. I shall be scanning for spyware, but I appreciate this post for letting me turn it back on right now!
Thank you for sharing your time and experience.
Oh, man thank you so much, i know i have spyware though, so i will need to remove it somehow because i dont have any money. I’m still a teen.
hmm I’ve tried all this.
I have run the latest AVG (Free Edition) software and the latest Ad-Aware (2007) and all infections are removed. I still can’t run regedit.exe (automatic system reboot) nor can I run task manager (automatic system reboot). I have checked the gpedit.msc and Ctr-Alt-Del options were not configured and even after setting these options to “disabled” it would not fix the problem.
I have downloaded and run a program called “Remover Restrictions Tool” (RRT.exe v1.0.4 by iSergiwa http://www.sergiwa.com) which said would fix the problem, but to no avail.
After having booted in “Safe Mode” and having tried all the above it still will not work.
Please help me!
@Jochem
Please download the latest version of RRT
RRT – v3.0 Beta
http://en.sergiwa.com/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?cid=2&lid=1
If the problem presists even after using RRT, then it MUST be an active malware lurking in your PC.
Use a good & updated AV to get rid of it first, then use RRT to fix the malware leftovers
Thanks
I got rid of the bugger a few days ago. With the last updates of AVG it detected a Worm/Autoit.GH in the path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msmgs.exe
after healing it, everything worked as it supposed to! But nevertheless, that RRT-program is awesome. It let me into regedit (in safe mode) even though the virus had shut it down.
Thanks for the help!
Kind regards,
Jochem
I used vista home basic, so in the registry I did not found the System folder as your mention.
How can I do now, Geek?
i could not run regedit.exe on the run command. i did a scan for viruses. it found nothing on the system. i need alternatives.
Hey man thats so cool…It worked….its actually because of the spyware….thanks a lot….
hey this resolved my probs …. i need to get rid of the spyware …
Thanks! Spot on…
It works for me, thanks a lot
Hi,
Last night, I navigated to a website which tried to install some spyware. I have AVG and Windows Defender installed on Home Premium. First, AVG warning came up, and I clicked on “Deny access”. After 3-4 AVG warnings, Defender warning came up, and I clicked on “Remove” to remove offending program.
Then, the task manager was disabled. Thanks, by following your post, I restored it. But, I am still searching for reason, why and who disabled tm and is their any normal way to restore it!
looking into this for ages
thanks mate!
Worked for me glad to have the task manager back- cheers!
Works a treat. Thanks for this quality advice. For SpyWare removal I recommend using HiJackThis. The name may sound a little dodgy, but the software gets rid of all the nasty’s very well, restoring the corrupt entries to a pristine condition, and thats the main game.
Thank you very much for the info because i’v been trying to do that for ages. lol
thank u sooooooo much iv been surfing the web for hours now and ur the first person that knows what there doing thanks alot
Registry Editor has been diabled by your administrator
What do do now!!!!
Thank you! I thought I would never be able to close pesky programs again. Thank God you’re here to mae things right again!
P.S. I had to delete the value permanentely. Changing the value didn’t work. It was almost like the computer knew what I was doing…
iver im just whacked or my computer has shot it self in da head my regedit dnt work proplerly i get as far as windows and theres nofing ellse to link to
I don’t mean to be rude but just type ‘taskmgr’ … you also need to learn the cpl etc commands don’t be so dependent on GUI ( ohh wait you have vista its hopeless for you never mind … )
runas /user:Administrator “cmd.exe”
rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL odbccp32.cpl
rundll32 shell32,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl
rundll32 shell32,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl
JRE\jre-6u2-windows-i586-p.exe” /s IEXPLORER=1 MOZILLA=1 ADDLOCAL=ALL REBOOT=Suppress JAVAUPDATE=1 JU=1 AUTOUPDATECHECK=0
Control
Panel access.cpl Accessibility
appwiz.cpl Add/Remove Programs
desk.cpl Display Settings
firewall.cpl Firewall
hdwwiz.cpl Add Hardware Wizard
inetcpl.cpl Internet Settings
intl.cpl International/Language
irprops.cpl Infrared/Wireless
joy.cpl Joysticks
main.cpl Mouse
mmsys.cpl Sound and Audio Devices
ncpa.cpl Network Connections
netsetup.cpl Network Setup Wizard
nusrmgr.cpl Users
odbccp32.cpl ODBC Settings
powercfg.cpl Power Management
sysdm.cpl System Properties
telephon.cpl Phone & Modem
timedate.cpl Clock/Calendar
wscui.cpl Security Center
wuaucpl.cpl Auto Update Settings
Microsoft
Windows
XP
Microsoft Service certmgr.msc Certificates
ciadv.msc Indexing Service
compmgmt.msc Computer Management
devmgmt.msc Device Manager
dfrg.msc Disk Defrag
diskmgmt.msc Disk Manager
eventvwr.msc Event Viewer
fsmgmt.msc Shared Folders
gpedit.msc Group Policy Editor
lusrmgr.msc Local Users & Groups
ntmsmgr.msc Removable Storage
ntmsoprq.msc Removable Storage Operator
perfmon.msc Reliability & Performance Monitor
rsop.msc Resultant Set of Policy
secpol.msc Local Security Settings
services.msc Services
wmimgmt.msc Windows Management Infrastructure
Microsoft
Windows
XP
Core
Program calc Calculator
cdplayer CD Player
charmap Character Map
cleanmgr Disk Cleanup
clipbrd Clipboard
command Command Prompt
cmd Command Prompt
control Control Panel
control printers Printers
defrag Disk Defrag Utility
drvspace Drive Space Utility for Drive Compression
dxdiag DirectX Diagnostic Utility
excel Microsoft Excel
freecell Freecell Game
inetwiz DUN Connection Wizard
iexplore Internet Explorer
msmsgs Windows Messenger
msnmsgr MSN Messenger
msimn Outlook Express
mplayer2 Windows Media Player v6.4
msconfig System Configuration Utility
mshearts Hearts Game
msinfo32 Accesses System Resource Information
msn MSN
msn6 MSN v7.0, v8.0, v8.5
notepad Notepad
outlook Microsoft Outlook
rasphone Dialup Networks
regedit Registry Editor
rstrui System Restore
rsrcmtr Loads Resource Meter Utility
scandskw Scandisk
scanregw Scan Registry
sndrec32 Sound Recorder
sndvol32 Sould Volume Utility
shrpubw Create A Shared Folder Wizard
sol Solitaire Game
sndvol32 Volume Control/Mixer
sysedit System Configuration Editor
sysmon System Monitor Utility
taskmgr Task Manager
telnet Telnet Client
tourstart Windows XP Tour Wizard
winipcfg Displays Internet Connection/Adapter Information
winver Displays Windows Version
wmplayer Windows Media Player
wordpad Wordpad
wupdmgr Connects to Windows Update
Microsoft
Windows
XP
System
Command control userpasswords2 Change Account Passwords
rundll32 devmgr.dll DeviceManager_Execute Device Manager
rundll32 diskcopy,DiskCopyRunDll
Show Copy Disk Window
rundll32 shell32,Control_RunDLL Control Panel
rundll32 shell32,Control_RunDLL X Start applet X of Control Panel (“X” = any CPL filename)
rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl
Add/remove programs
rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL timedate.cpl,,0 Date/time settings
rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL odbccp32.cpl
ODBC settings
rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL DESK.CPL,@0,1
Screensaver Tab
rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL NCPA.CPL,@0,2
Network Protocols
rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL DESK.CPL,@0,3 Screen Size Tab
rundll32 shell32,OpenAs_RunDLL
Open The ‘Open With…’ Window
rundll32 shell32,ShellAboutA Info-Box
Open ‘About Window Window’
rundll32 shell32,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl Open Display Properties
rundll32 user,cascadechildwindows
Cascade All Windows
rundll32 user,tilechildwindows Minimize All Child-Windows
rundll32 user,repaintscreen Refresh Desktop
rundll32 keyboard,disable Lock The Keyboard
rundll32 mouse,disable
Disable Mouse
rundll32 user,swapmousebutton Swap Mouse Buttons
rundll32 user,setcursorpos
Set Cursor Position To (0,0)
rundll32 user,wnetconnectdialog Show ‘Map Network Drive’ Window
rundll32 user,wnetdisconnectdialog Show ‘Disconnect Network Disk’ Window
rundll32 user,disableoemlayer Display The BSOD (blue screen of death) Window
rundll32 user,setcaretblinktime Set New Cursor Rate Speed
rundll32 user,setdoubleclicktime Set New DblClick Speed (Rate)
rundll32 rnaui.dll,RnaWizard Run ‘Internet Connection Wizard’
rundll32 shell32,SHFormatDrive Run ‘Format Disk (A)’ Window
rundll32 shell32,SHExitWindowsEx -1 Cold Restart Of Windows Explorer
rundll32 shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 1 Shut Down Computer
rundll32 shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 0 Logoff Current User
rundll32 shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 2 Windows9x Quick Reboot
rundll32 krnl386.exe,exitkernel
Force Windows 9x To Exit (no confirmation)
rundll32 rnaui.dll,RnaDial “MyConnect” Run ‘Net Connection’ Dialog
rundll32 msprint2.dll,RUNDLL_PrintTestPage Choose & Print Test Page Of Current Printer
rundll32 sysdm.cpl,InstallDevice_Rundll Hardware installation wizard
rundll32 user,MessageBeep Default beep sound
win.ini Access a Windows Initialization Component
Thanks very much, it’s much appreciated :)
thanks but do you have any clue why my comp keeps disabling task manager?
Thank you for posting this, it worked and I have my task manager back! Thank you again! :)
Thank you so much. You Rock!
my regedit.exe is not opening in the run command prompy…i tried ur solution ..but no hopee..i thier any alternative pls help me
@varun
Use this Tool
http://en.sergiwa.com/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?cid=2&lid=1
I use RegAlyzer by the people who make spybot search & destory. So i could edit the registry and then enable the task manager aswell as a few other things.
Get RegAlyzer at http://www.spybot.info
Thanks a Million. That worked perfectly. Glad I looked it up before i repaired my system with Vista disc. Saved a great deal of time. Thanks again!
This is one of the easiest, fatest, and EFFECTIVE way ever. I’ve been reading on every forum and “how to” but all they wrote was giving me a headache not to mention waste of HD space by downloading like 3-5 programs to run. Thank you again. Really this just rocks !!!!
thank you so much
HI all,
Thank you soooo much. I d not know what to do anymore. Taskmanager was disabled. Fake warnings of spyware. nothing worked. In regedit when I tried to enable is (value 0) I could not change it. It was automatically reset to disabled. Even tried spybot, spysweeper, Spyware doctor and adware. tons of spyware were detected but once removed it was restored again witin 1 minute. It almost made me crazy. finalle tried. tried a program called a-squared malware and that was the only program that detected some executable file that was the cause of all this. removed and it seems to be gone for good now.
Hi,
Fantastic … Thanks for the explanation. It worked :)
But any idea how come suddenly Task Manager can get disabled??
Thanks,
Karthik.
Hi all……
I tried to change the value of disableTaskmanager option But it was changing to 1 automatically when i press the F5 i.e Refresh button in the meanwhile. Is it the virus which it was affecting that option to enable.
I was tried to scan with antivirus which i was having. but it scanned with full updated to till date it was resulted in No virus found on drive.
So please tried to understand situation and i hope to come with remedy……… Even i was working on this.
Actually what happens……
I was using pen drive which it was having one exe file called “Shahrokh.exe” It was not able delete the file from pen drive also. I inserted this pen drive then till time i am not able to optain back my TASKMANAGER & FOLDER OPTION in Tools Menu……
Thank u, for this valuable information. All my college systems are affected by ” shahrokh.exe “, which disables task manager and removed folder option from control panel. This .exe file makes annoying window popup of c drive very frequently. If there is any advice on how to remove it and make system back to normal working mode, please send me a mail.
thanks so much for this, kind of odd why taskmgr is disabled on a brand new laptop though.
Thanxs so much it worked
Hey man thanks so much. It worked perfectly.
i had forgotten about this and was getting pretty frustrated, thank you for taking the time to post so i didnt have to throw my laptop against the wall.
Hi All,
I can see the following files even after I format my thumb drive…
1. autorun.exe
2. autorun.inf
3. shahrokh.exe
Even if I force delete the files, they are replicated again soon after the delete is completed.
The 3rd file is not hidden where as the other 2 files are hidden and cannot b viewed in the Window.
How can this infection be cleaned?
Thanks in advance
Inferano
wow it really worked. you are a genius =D next time i’ll check here for anything i don’t know =D
Many Thanks ….It works for me…I have Vista home premium
Remover Restrictions Tool” (RRT.exe v1.0.4 by iSergiwa http://www.sergiwa.com)
This is something I wish I had never downloaded,it contains no use unless you pay,it has no way to remove it.heck I cannot even find it in my programs.They have on their website contact us disabled…
I wqould stay away from this site and its software
hi
i am not able to view task manager in some user login. If i login from administrator i can see that task manage
kindly help me to solve this issue
Worked perfectly and was easy to do for a novice.
Thanks
inferano,
Here is a section of the read me file for the program i use to delete or stop process of most everything that i cant traditionaly takecare of. its a free full version program.
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Using Unlocker
————–
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Unlocker is a tool which will help you removing this scandaleous Windows
bug.
Simply right click the file or folder and select Unlocker. If the file
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It is recommended to Unlock wisely and to close open processes locking
files or folder if any, but if only Explorer.exe is the culprit, do not
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I know that was off the subject, but im here cause i am having he same prob with taskmgr, WinDVD automatically installing as fast as i can stop it about 5-7 times. (i tried to let it finish installing to see if thats all it wanted to accomplish but due to it not having the ability to locate all of its instalation system files it gives an error and stops untill i close it out, start menue out of wack and missing important tabs: programs, controll pannel, task manager, and a few other sub folders, three of my users are having program problems with findng and utilizing the certain msvcr80.dll systems file and anything on what i used to call the C:\ drive which is now called “Local Hard Drives ()” which is still acess denied and is not even visable in the *My Computer start up menu. the only iems that are visable are all the individual *user documents and settings folders. Acess Denied when i try to open those. *Switch users option is not avail, only *Turn off computer tab. *Windows Automatic update remains off, internet explorer sees it as on and its off according to the botom right. Acessing *Windows Automatic Updates through *Services from *Run typing “services.msc”, Automatically disables after clicking atomatic then apply. There are speculations as to what variation of the vundo trojan i have. Im here now, I will do my best to make it easier on those who thought they were going to see a lindsey lohan sex tape. I will follow the Word doc I created containing all the different programs and their spacific installing instructions and anti scanners and their email addresses and the reccomended step by steps and running them in the sugested order utilizing the alternate methods.
Im currently on a system administrators account i created and disabled as a precaution when i bought this sony vaio vgnfe770g laptop. now its time for me to signoff so i can ge my java goin. Rick
thank you so much it wasnt a massive problem just really annoying i will reccomend this site
sounds more like you have spymaxx not vundo
Thanks Chris, Ill look into that spymaxx thing and see what others have said and done. im just now back online.
i was able to fix the task manager by deleting an entry in the registry that to me looked original but is said otherwise.
I downloaded the java 66 update and disabled all of my antivirus but one cause i learned that you should only have one antivirus program running Multiple antispyware programs running is ok.
I disabled one antivirus program and enabled another and scanned my whole computer going through five fully updated antivirus programs. During this time, I was spending alot of time getting my settings back in order one by one and deleting everything that was being quarantiened by the scans and uninstalling progams that i dont need or use anymore.
My computer started having alot of interuptions like freezing, errors, programs poping up that are designed to download stuff. My protected norton recyclebin set its own properties to never be able to empty then locked me out from having the ability to be able to clik to change it. I had to start switching users to beable to keep doing this and everytime i made a good killing with a scan, it wouldnt take long before i got to scrambling to regain controll. all the scans stopped producing errors or spyware or viruses. Some of my cool tools were getting disabled like my unlocker and some of the letters i typed i had to goback and re hit the keys cause they werent showing up on the screen as if i never hit that letter or number. It was getting way out of controll and it somehow was able to restart the computer without me asking or approving. After a restart it gave me a logon screen for my main user and at the top of it it read “Why did the chicken cross the road?”
finaly i decided that it was time to go into my now heavily infected main user account and backup my documents to an external. I proceeded by entering my password then enter. It took about 9 hours to get 30gig worth of pics and various other docs leaving my music collection and rentable movies. I reset the hardrive and did the updates and new spy and vir protection both my users now have passwords and the one thats set for admin priv is only for downloading programs and creating documents and performing all my other offline tasks. the other is set to limited and is completely expendable and only used for surfing the net and multimedia. I have a 2gig sd card that i save all my pics on that i get from emails or research and its scanned when i use the administrator prior to sync them to an encrypted hidden briefcase buried 12 files deep that also sync to my 80gig passport external that backsup
all my docs.
If you are reading this and you are infected with a virus, the first thing you should do is backup your docs on cd or on external before they get affected because everything else is repairable, retrievable, redownloadable, ect…Hope this helps yall.
yes but beware spymaxx can “hide” .
I would scan anything that I am saving to be reused.
I had pics and vids that I could not lose,so I spent apx 2 weeks finding how to remove spymaxx.
2001safe.com I now am virus free and have some kick butt software that keeps me that way.
Gaining back admin rights was the most difficult part.
THANKS!!!
I have been looking for a way to fix that for AGES!!!
Thankyou for this information, this was driving me insane!!!
Thanks for the answer to my “grayed out” task manager. It works great now.
Great solution! Thanks
Thanks so much for this information. I had the problem of not seeing task manager when pressing ctrl+alt+del and it was disabled when I right-clicked on the task bar. This solution fixed my issue! :)
thanks buddy…
it works..
(sends u a hug)
thnx man, now im on my way to kill this virus that has been such a pain 4 so long!
(a manly hug btw)
i recently experienced a failure of task manager and i received the same alert notice. my computer was infected by several viruses that also (1) prevented avg and adaware from operating (2) created a bubble announcing that my computer was infected with spyware and that I needed to go to a specific site to “clean my drives” (3) my wallpaper became a large anouncement that my computer was infected with spyware.
i attempted all four methods of reinstating task manager, and each time i changed the registry reading from (1) to (0) the (1) immediately returned — even when i did this on safe mode.
i isolated potential .exe files and discovered several files and folders in systems32
i also found a registry key “WR” in HKEY Local Machine/software/classes
between “WPL File” and “wrifile”
i attempted to delete the system32 files but they just returned.
i used dos commands to try and discover autorun files but none were listed
i finally was able to delete several .exe files using dos commands, although i need to use all attrib commands including -e
at this point the screen became clear (there is a windows file called “default” that causes the wallpaper) and task manager returned to full use.
the red circle with an x still remained on the task bar and about every 60 seconds the alert balloon about spyware showed up. but i then used task manager to isolate two processes
brastke.exe
lidsnolm.exe
when i disable these using task manager the red circle with an x disappears and no more balloons appear.
there is no information i could find about lidsnolm.exe but if you have it on your computer you probably also have a file faceback and a file uesiuqcr
my computer is working fine now. once i got task manager back (probably by deleting the WR registry) i was able to edit the registry keys for task manager.
once task manager was back up avg and adaware worked and deleted about 10 “major threat” files.
i had to run avg three times to finally get a totally clean reading.
hope this helps.
Thanks man this solved the problem.
You are AWESOME!!! Thank you so much I spent all day looking in every area of my PC and it all looked worse than greek to me. Thank you so much.
great fix for a problem i had a couple of weeks ago. came here to give you props!
Hey it Worked IMMEDIATELY on my comp. Thanks.
Thanks a lot dude, you really help us normal people!!
This worked great. Thank you!
Worked like a charm! Thanks!!
i’ve tried DAN GEISER’s advice, but unfortunately my Task Manager is still disabled… :(
Wow, what a relief. Now I could sleep well. It was a nightmare. I had the same problem when unplugging the Ethernet I get pop-ups and internet connection was popping up every 2 minutes. Ever since I installed the Antivirus Pro 2009 some how this program has a command that will locks your Task Manager!
So, if you have this program installed! Uninstalled!!!! That’s when my problems began.
Again, thanks a bunch A +
This was a great relief, Thanks for the advice.
It really works. The instruction is clear and simple. Thanks a million.
why my taskmanager disabled and my regedit.exe disabled?
omg i love you right now!!! thank you soo much! it worked perfectly!
thanks!!!!!!!
Dan Geiser
thanks a lot…….
my task manager worked again……….
thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It really works. The instruction is very clear and simple. Thanks a billions….
heheheheheh!!!
why my regedit.exe disabled by administrator?
Hey, my task manager is disabled, can’t open regedit from run or from command prompt, gpedit is disable by administrator.In MMC local policy and groups are disabled. Means in one word I am helpless now. I have tried so many options but nothing worked. Please help…………………..!!!
Thank you for the suggestion, that did not work.
I know that I have the hacktool.rootkit virus. I have installed Malwarebytes, PC tools spyware DR., and I run Norton, They all tell me that I am infected but can not remove. Norton tells me to get help.
HELP!
Archie
It workeeeeed! Thank you very much! God bless!
This is very useful and helpful, Thank you.
regedit isnt working now what?
my taskmanager disabled some days now it’s work thank u
thanku very much… after i got information from this blog… my task manager is workin successfully… thank u so much…. this site is very help ful….
And it’s workin through this following activity
You go to Start -> Run and type gpedit.msc and then in the Group Policy editor navigate to User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Ctrl+Alt+Del Options and change the Remove Task Manager policy to Not Configured or Disabled….
You may need to delete both keys
32-bit REG_DWORD value named DisableTaskMgr
and
32-bit REG_DWORD value named DisableResgistry .. sorry don’t recall the value name off the top of my head .. It will be obvious, and DisableTaskMgr doesn’t do it if this both keys are true (ie value =1 (true) and 0 = false)
I can’t run my task manager and regedit…i downloaded avg but still dint work.
Joseph -
Can you run regedt32? Check your local policy if not domain wkstn, if domain workstation check GP with GPMC
my task manager is corrupted
when i press the key CTRL-ALT-DEL
a small box comes on the desktop screen and
have only the red close sign and a ok link
thats it.how can i repair my task manager
i have tried every thing
avg internet security,ess 4.0.437.0,RRT but nothing works
hi all i tried everything what ever u asked or advised to do for get back taskmgr or regedit .bt nthing worked for me…..i dont know what to do …….i know tr is any solution …….just waiting for this if any of u can help me thn plzzzzzzzzzz HELP………..i knw the last option FORMAT ……..but never trust it.coz dats nt a solution …….i can get infect again…….
hr what i did…
1 You may need to delete both keys
32-bit REG_DWORD value named DisableTaskMgr
and
32-bit REG_DWORD value named DisableResgistry .. sorry don’t recall the value name off the top of my head .. It will be obvious, and DisableTaskMgr doesn’t do it if this both keys are true (ie value =1 (true) and 0 = false)
THEY COME BACK AFTER REFRESH !!
2 i used TASK MANGER FIX but it enabld it just for SEC….
3 i used RRT didnt ven WORKED
4 scan my system …with almost every ANTIVIRUS
5 i used PROCESS EXPLORER thn RRT thn HIJACK THIS ….didnt work
6 there is also REGEDIT KEY which used thru RUN u just type it into run command and it will enable both taskmgr or regedit FORCFULLY.but didnt work i just missed thm so not able to paste thm hr……..
HELP ME IF U CAN………
Thanks a lot!!!
Taskmgr now working fine, you are a saver!
I can get into everything except when I come down to policies there is nothing to open. I followed the instructions one of the other people posted but that doesn’t work either. Computer says it can’t find gpedit.msc.
My task manager shows in the thumbnail on my bar but the manager itself is waaay off the screen to the left where I can’t access it??? Please help
Thanks
M
I’ve been having the same problems. I used a fix I found elsewhere which worked just fine, but every time I load up IE8, back it comes! I’m running a full system scan as I write and have also had Ad-Aware have a look, but no joy. Any idea what is causing this?
i enabled the task manager in gpedit.msc but when i try to access it, it still does not pop up.
Can you help me
Shazaad
Thank you! This worked for me on my Vista system, however, the “0″ value didn’t work. It was only when I cleared out (deleted) the “1″ value and hit “ok” did it work.
THANKS YAAR. MY REGEDIT AND TASK MANAGER IS ENABLE THANKS ALOT
THANKS ALOT!! The gpedit.msg one didnt have “system” in it when I tried it so this helped!!
hi please help me with the task manager. i cant open my registry editor and it gives me the error registry editing has been disable by your administator and yet i am the administrator
please help
Vidya
I haven’t tried to duplicate the loss of task mgr, but i am pretty sure it got disabled after i downloaded and installed TWEAKVI for vista pc. It was there and working until i opened TWEAKVI and worked my way thru all the various option windows just to see what options were there for future use. Note that i did NOT intentionally change anything while in there, but i think just opting out of a window may change your current settings to whatever was defaulted on it’s window when you exit. Haven’t had time to try to duplicate the anomoly, but i’m guessing it had something to do with it. I had this problem when i first bought the pc in feb 2007 but didn’t associate it with TWEAKVI at the time. I recently lost my system hard drive and had to rebuild everything little by little. It was shortly after installing and opening TWEAKVI that i noticed i again lost Task MGR. I still had my notes on how to get it back thru regedit so wasn’t a big deal. Hope this helps.
Thank you sooo much!!! Restoring my task manager worked instantly when I tried your suggestion up above! And to think I talked to several “IT” people that told me a variety of ways that DID NOT work!
-Thanks Geek!
Hi,
For some reason my task manager was disabled all of a sudden,
Maybe it was after removing ESET Smart Security from my system, and it said to restart computer but I didn’t yet,
So I followed this and got my task manager back! Thanks! :)
THANK YOU SOO MUCH FOR THIS GOD BLESS YOU =)
Thanks Dan Geiser..Great Help…\
thanks a lot !
DUDE! thanks a mill!
I just downloaded Super AntiSpyware and ran a scan and it picked it up instantly and got rid of it. All good, taskbar back in working order. Too easy!
Sorry, meant the task manager, not bar.
thanks
thanks
it worked perfectly as my task manager is running a-ok.
I do the work in a company, In my absence some use my computer and delete the important file. So I want that, I can hide my desktop and task bar sothat noone can use my computer in my absence. but right click option should work sothat noone can understand, what going on & the next day when will I go to office I can unhide desktop or taskbar please Help me
Thank you soooooo much!!
thanks that helped and yes it was because of spyware thanks again.
well you can go into task manager and go to processes then look for explore.exe wright click and end process that should keep every one away from your work computer but it may come back if you turn the computer of put it into stand by or something
Thank you very much for your valuable advise.
I tried my level best to restore it.
But i never taught that it is so complicated.
Thank you for solving it so easily.
Thank you very much.
when i open regedit.exe, it says disabled by your Administerator, plz help!!!! it annoys me!
I did everything correct, but my task manager still wont start up.
I followed these steps and get to the final step, but where the ‘disabletaskmgr’ is supposed to be, there are only:
default
Don’tDisplayLogonHoursWarning
Logonhoursaction
Anyone have ideas?
regedit.exe is disabled can u help e please thanks
Thank G-d finally…
THANK YOU! It’s a great thing when you can type in a question and within seconds get the answer you need so quickly and efficiently without having to sign up for something or pay, etc. This was quick and easy and painless and it WORKED!! THANKS AGAIN!
PS – I just switched from Norton Antivirus to Eset… Eset rocks and cleaned my pc. ESET ranks #1 in virus protection and anti-spyware.
Thank you, thank you thank you!!! i deleted all the virus files and my computer was up and running except for the task manager, i guess it was disabled and hasn’t been re-enabled after i deleted the virus. but i followed all the instructions here (deleted the key) and it worked perfectly fine.
I tried your instructions above, and mine is already set to 0. However, task manager still doesn’t work. When I do a control, alt, delete, nothing happens – no message – no error – nothing. I used to have task manager, but it disappeared one day and never came back.
Thanx Man It worked on Win 7 Pro Editon ……thanx A lot
thank you so much! am not very techi, but ur instructions are easy to follow.. ur a genius!
you are awesome dude…………
I used Reg Organizer that came very useful to me to be able to fix registery errors top niche program. It also gave me the option to edit the registry and have deleted DisableTaskMgr and then rebooted it and opened Reg Organizer again and saw DisableRegEditTool so I deleted that too because it did not want to enable Task Bar but when I did that, I pressed control ALT & Delete and saw Task Bar. Now, I would like to learn is how to enable the other options that has been disabled by this virus like I want to be able to go into control panel. I am running Windows 7 home, 64 bit version.
Thank You Geek Expert!
thanks a lot
It did’nt worked for me, I think I have a virus or malware in my Vista system. I will try Dr.Web, maybe it could fix my problem, but better install XP, I dont like Vista anyway.
Thanks anyway.
Thnk buddy now my problem related to taskmgr solved & its working.
it didn’t work for me, when i am trying to run regedit.exe it won’t open. it says “regedit editing has been disable by your administrator”. please help asap thank you
Nice work
This has just saved me hours of trawling through my computer, thankyou so much
Pick up a nasty little bugger that made all my files hidden and took up all my cpu and memory power.
I was lucky becouse i have 2 admin accounts on my computer and it only hit mine,so i used the second to get rid of it.
Again thankyou very much, brilliant advise.
when i open regedit.exe it says ”Registry editing has been disabled by your administrative” what should i do? :(
thanks a lot dude….u’re a lifesaver
Those instructions were so simple and so awesome. Thanks so very much!
Thanks for sharing..
tanks a lot man i really needed it
Thanks dude, My task manager has been disabled for the longest while and i was trying to find someone to enable it D: . I’ll recommend people to your site. It helped alot
That was cool.. And, my regedit was also disabled, so I had to use gpedit.msc to overcome that! thanks
Thank you so much :D worked perfectly. 10/10
no task manager, no start menu or no task bar what should be the problem?
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Yay!!!! it worked! thanks!
in may pc it says registry editing is disabled by ur administrator
Thanks – Your solution worked for me. Strangely enough, the task manager seemed to have been disabled when I installed Virus protection supplied with my Bell internet service.
I love you. Thank you so much. Task Manager is my best friend, and it’s back!!! Thank you.
Hi ,
I have used windows sever 2003.The task manage has been disable .
How to remove this .
Please help to me .
Thanks
Alok kumar sharma
it work!