# How To Check If A Process Is Running As Administrator Or Not In Windows 10

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**Category:** Tutorials & Methods\
**Tags:** tips-tricks\
**Created:** [January 20, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-check-if-a-process-is-running-as-administrator-or-not-in-windows-10/66435 "2020-01-20T15:06:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aina](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/aina/32/167469_2.png) [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-check-if-a-process-is-running-as-administrator-or-not-in-windows-10/66435/1 "2020-01-20T15:06:50Z")

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When you try to run a program with admin privileges, a UAC prompt will ask for permission to continue. But there are some scheduled tasks or background applications that can run as admin without the UAC prompt. In this tutorial, we’ll show you a simple method to check if a process is running as an administrator in Windows 10.

**How to Check if a Process is Running as Administrator in Windows 10**

1. Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box, type **taskmgr** and then hit Enter to launch Task Manager.

 ![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/4/6/46ee2a1c442be99e8406b93e8804370ad9a12d00.png)

1. Go to the **Details** tab. Right-click any column header and choose “ **Select Columns** ” from the popup menu.

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1. Scroll down until you see the **Elevated** option, check that box and click **OK**.

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1. Now, the Details tab of Task Manager will be showing a new “ **Elevated** ” column. You can easily see which process is launched with admin/elevated privileges.

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That’s it!

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**Author:** ![Benjamin\_John](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/benjamin_john/32/9365_2.png) [@Benjamin\_John](https://onehack.st/u/Benjamin_John)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-check-if-a-process-is-running-as-administrator-or-not-in-windows-10/66435/2 "2020-01-22T18:28:54Z")

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Thanks appreciate the added insight…