Replace task manager using registry keys or api

Question

Process Explorer has a parameter that I recently used, Replace Task Manager. Now, every time CTRL + ALT + DEL is pressed on my system, Process explorer appears. However, unfortunately, despite the fact that the documentation states that the option does not change to "Restore Task Manager".

I searched for all instances of taskmgr.exe that are on my computer, and despite the fact that they are clearly the source file of taskmgr.exe, starting any of them opens the process’s internal process. If I delete the process explorer file and try to open the task manager, I get a file that was not found.

So can someone please tell me if there is a registry hack or an API call (I assume that a registry hack) that I can do to solve this problem?

Answer 1

Delete the reg key ;

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\taskmgr.exe 

Answer 2

Go to the most recent version, 15.01, which seems to have fixed this error.