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is it possible to have taskmanager autostart when windows boots up?

I used to be able to do this in Windows 7 but I haven't been able to figure it out in Windows 10

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Hi BigGuy58, I am Paulo. I'm an Independent Advisor and an individual like you inclined to help.

It is possible to do that by creating a shortcut of Task Manager in the startup folder.

1. Open Run, type and enter shell:appsfolder
2. Locate Task Manager
3. Open Run again, type and enter shell:startup
4. Drag Task Manager from apps folder to startup folder

Let me know if this helps.

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it helped a little bit.  Got an error message saying the application needs elevation.

Also, do you know the command line switches for taskmgr?

I want it to start with details and cpu index. 

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Hi BigGuy58,

Try to go here and copy the Task Manager shortcut file then paste it on your startup.

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools

The one you created first can't be run as admin. By copying the shortcut there and pasting it in startup folder should do the trick. Right-click on it > Properties > Advanced > Run as administrator.

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I followed directions and didn't get taskmgr or an error message

I can go to the programs/startup directory and double click on it and taskmgr starts properly

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Hi BigGuy58,

Do you mean you didn't get the taskmgr shortcut in the path I provided? If so, you may search task manager on start search, right-click then Open file location. Copy that then paste it into the startup folder. Right-click on shortcut > Properties > Advanced > Check "Run as administrator".

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No i found it snd copied the shortcut to startup and modified to run as administrator. Nothing happened. It didn't start

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Looks like taskmgr is harder to open automatically at startup since it needs elevation. You may try a different approach by creating an elevated shortcut to run in Task Scheduler instead. You may refer to option two in this article to open it at startup

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/57690-creat...

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just checking that I got the startup directory correct

C:\Users\BigGu\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

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Hi BigGuy58,

That's correct. The easiest way to confirm is to just open Windows key + R then enter shell:startup

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well for some reason taskmgr didn't start.

I have to go out today, I will try again tonight

I will also try the scheduler method but I had done that in the past with no sucess

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