Windows 10: cannot access task manager

I blocked Recovery through the GPO with “hide: Recovery” because I need to remove access to advanced startup. Everything worked fine but I have found out recently that the task manager is blocked. I am not sure if it is the blocking of Recovery caused this issue or not. But when I tried to remove this police, it didn’t recover the Task manager

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task manager access is denied

Hi Jackson,



Thank you for your reply with the current status of the issue.

Refer to the below steps and check if it helps.

Step 1: I would suggest you to perform below steps and check if it helps.

1. Right click on Taskbar.

2. Click on Task Manager.

3. Search for Avast process.

4. Right click on it and click on Properties.

5. Click on Security tab and click on Edit.

6. Then give full permission to the Administrator.

Step 2: I would suggest you to perform below steps and check if it helps.

1. Right click on Taskbar.

2. Click on Task Manager.

3. Search for Avast process.

4. Right click on it and click on End Task.

Also I suggest you to check the status of the account.

1. Type "Settings" without the quotes in search box next to Start Menu
and click on it.

2. Click on Accounts.

4. Check if the account is Administrator.



Get back to us if you need any further assistance on Windows related issues and we will be glad to help.

 

"Access is Denied" in task manager

Hi Joshua,

The error message that you're getting may occur due to the restriction for a certain system file or folder. To get the full access on your device, open
Command Prompt (Admin) and signed in with your username and password and check if you'll still see the "Access is Denied" message.

The Windows Defender is the default antivirus of Windows 10. You can open
Settings > Update and Security > Windows Defender > toggle off
Real-time Protection. If you want to permanently disable it, follow these steps:

• Tap on the Windows key to open the Start Menu.
• Type regedit.exe and hit Enter.
• Confirm the UAC prompt to continue.
• Navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender.
• If you see the preference DisableAntiSpyware on the right, double-click on it and set it to 1 to disable Windows Defender.
• If the preference does not exist, right-click on Windows Defender and select
  New > Dword (32-bit) Value, and name it DisableAntiSpyware.

To restore Windows Defender at a later point in time, delete the key or set its value to 0.

Important: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully.
For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. Click
here for assistance.

You can disable the startup programs using the Task Manager. Here's how:

• Right-click on an empty area on the taskbar and select Task Manager.
• When Task Manager comes up, click the Startup tab and look through the list of programs that are enabled to run during startup.
  
• Right-click the program and select Disable.

Feel free to respond if the provided steps work for you.

 

task manager access is denied

Hi Jackson,



Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.



I understand that you are facing issues with managing Task Manager process on Windows 10.



I would suggest you to perform below steps and check if it helps.

1. Right click on Taskbar.

2. Click on Task Manager.

3. Search for Avast process.

4. Right click on it and click on End Task.



Get back to us if you need any further assistance on Windows related issues and we will be glad to help.