Get rid of "Task Manager has been disabled by your Administrator"

Enable Task Manager

Go to Start>Run and copy-paste the following into it, and press enter,
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Go to Start>Run again, copy-paste the following command in the text box, and press enter,
REG add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Repeat the process again with the following command,
REG add HKEY_USERS\.default\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

That's it.


Note - If while using the above method, you get the error message that "Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator". This means that the malware on your computer has disabled the registry editor as well. To enable the registry editor again, follow the steps below in this article.

Important Note -If the words "registry editing", "regedit" sounds new to you, then please go through How to be a Registry Editor Master first. Since almost all the windows settings are stored in registry, don't play with it until you know what you are doing.

Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator.

Enable Registry Editing by Vaseem

Go to Start>Run, type the following and press Enter,

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Enable Regedit - Get rid of Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator

What if run is not there in start menu ? Well, simply press windows key + R and the run dialog box will appear.