How to open the built-in task manager when it's replaced by Process Explorer?

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Published on 2013-10-17T04:11:34Z Indexed on 2013/10/25 9:59 UTC
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I want to open the built-in task manager with Process Explorer's Replace Task Manager option checked. I've tried:

Running taskmgr.exe from the run dialog. PE was opened instead.
Creating a copy of taskmgr.exe in the same folder. Then run it. The built-in task manager was opened, but not working properly(its window was blank).
Creating a symbolic link (using mklink) of taskmgr.exe in the same folder. Then run it. PE was opened instead.

Is there any other method I can try? Thanks.

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