It should now show you the ‘ Advanced Properties’ window. In the Properties window, click ‘ Advanced’. To make it run as an administrator, right-click the file and click Properties. Making a shortcut run as an Administrator You’ll have to make it run as an administrator. You should now have an icon with the name you gave for it.
To create a shortcut, you’ll just have to right-click on an empty space (desktop or elsewhere), choose New > Shortcut.Īlong with an icon created, a window should pop-up asking you the location of the item to create a shortcut for. We are just going to open the file (taskmgr.exe) as an administrator. Here’s a way to make it show ‘All Users’ list by default when you open this shortcut that you’ll create yourself by the end of this article. And you’ll have to click the ‘ Show processes from all users’ button every time to view all running processes and that’s not what we need. The process list includes few System processes.
If you are stuck or need some help, comment below and I will try to help as much as possible.When you open the Task Manager in Windows 7, you’ll only be presented with processes that run under your user account, even if you are an administrator. Once you create the shortcut, you can either keep it on the desktop or add it to the quick access toolbar on the taskbar. If you no longer need the shortcut, simply delete the shortcut and you are good to go.Īs you can see, creating the device manager shortcut is nothing hard. For example, you can place it in a separate drive or add it to a quick launch toolbar on the taskbar. When needed, you can move the shortcut anywhere you want. This simply means that you don’t have to see the ugly default app icon or add the icon manually. Windows is good enough to grab the device manager icon and apply it to the shortcut. Double-click on the newly created shortcut and the Device Manager will open, as it should. You’ve successfully created the device manager shortcut. In my case, I’m keeping it simple and calling the shortcut for what it is, “ Device Manager“.
Now, name the shortcut anything you want. Alternatively, you can also click on the “Browse” button, find the devmgmt.msc in C:\Windows\System32 folder and click “Open”.ģ. In the wizard, copy and paste the below path in the blank field. This will open the shortcut creation wizard.Ģ. To start off, right-click on the desktop and select “ New → Shortcut” option. To create the shortcut we need, we are going to use the Create Shortcut wizard. Steps to Create Device Manager Shortcut on Desktop (or wherever you want)
Note: The steps detailed below can be followed in Windows 7 and 8 too. So, in this quick tutorial, let me show you the way to create a desktop shortcut for Device Manager in Windows. For example, when dealing with network or display drivers, it can be tiresome to open Device Manager in traditional ways. This is particularly useful if you are frequently accessing the Device Manager for whatever reason. Though both the ways discussed above provide quick and easy access, you can also create a dedicated Device Manager desktop shortcut to make things even easier.