
To address this problem, remove unnecessary applications from your startup folder. Windows may be running too many applications or overly CPU-intensive programs for no good reason every time you log on to the system. If you struggle with performance issues, it’s worth taking a look at your startup folder in Windows 10. In other words, it won’t save you time unless your computer has enough resources to start all the applications without having performance issues. If you’re an administrator, you can even add programs directly to the shared startup folder for all users in Windows 10.Īutomatically running processes, services and applications at startup can be convenient, but it can be a disadvantage if it uses too much of your computer’s resources, making it slower for you to log on and use the system. The main reason for adding applications, services, or scripts to the startup folder is obvious: If you use programs or processes that you need or want to run automatically when you log on, you can save a lot of time by adding them to your startup folder. But then the Startup tab doesn't list anything whatsoever, so that's not helpful.Good management of Windows 10 startup programs is important for several reasons. I tried running taskmgr itself from the command-prompt-as-admin. I want to be able to do a particular task "as administrator".


Yes, I know I could switch users and log in as the local administrator account.

I would like to be able to make this change to startup applications by doing something like running Task Manager at an elevated level so that the "Disable" button is available on the Startup tab. Within Task Manager's File | Run Task popup, there is no checkbox to 'run asĪdministrator' because I'm not using an administrator account.

(Dell Sonic Wall Net Extender). When I run Task Manager as my normal login that's not-admin, the enable-disable button on Task Manager's Startup tab is grayed out. I would like to be able to disable a third-party program that has been configured to run at start-up. For everyday use, I log in with my domain account which is NOT a member of the machine's local administrator group. My computer is running Windows 10 Pro, on a domain.
