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George:
SOLVED

It took much more time and effort than expectable, but Shane wouldn't let it go till identified and solved. Many-many thanks and admiration again.


Re-formulation for clarity (November 3):

1. I type any program name, e.g. cmd, notepad, etc. in the search pane.
a. If I double left-click on it, it starts to run.
b. If I right click, then choose the menu item 'Run as Administrator' nothing happens.

2. I go to any program’s, e.g. cmd, notepad, etc.,  exe file in the respective program folder, and right click, then choose the menu item 'Run as Administrator' it starts to run as administrator.

That is, the issue is with merely the shortcut.

I'm not aware of anything else that can go wrong with a shortcut than its registration. Of course, a. anything may exist beyond my rather limited knowledge; b. even if I'm right in that, I have no idea which registration key to change and how.

I hope for one of these kinds of answers:
1. Oh, it's not registration, go to this place in control panel and change this preference; or: download and run this utility, etc., or
2. Yes, it's registry issue, change this registry key this way.
(end of revision)



If I right click a program (cmd, notepad, etc.) from start or start/search {corrected: and choose 'Run as Administrator'} nothing happens. I can run anything as admin directly from the exe files though.

Added later:

I clicked 'open file location', got to AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs and experienced the same malfunction. When, however, in case of cmd,  clicked 'open file location' again, I got to the System32 folder, and here I found OK;
i.e., the shortcuts to AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs seem to be the culprit. Possibly their registration? (end of addition)

sfc/scannow or Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth don't help and I can't find which option to choose from Tweaking's repair.

Thanks a lot.

jraju:
Hi, The shortcuts of cmd and notepad would have been corrupted .
             Delete these short cuts and then create short cuts from the location of the exe folders of these programs. You could right click the properties to know the program path. Or type cmd or notepad in the ORB in the Start menu. Go to the file location, and then create new short cut the exe, by right clicking the said exes and then copy . You will receive an alert that short cut could not be made in that folder and say yes to the desktop folder. Now you try to run these, if these runs, then your problem  is solved

George:
All shortcuts work for normal running, none (from start to any program, not only to cmd and notepad) for elevated. Doesn't it mean a single, mutual issue with delegating administrator's rights to these?

jraju:
Hi, Do you mean the short cut for any program does not work on Run as Administrator, but works in normal condition? Do you want to make them only run as Run as admin? Please clearly tell your issue so that solution flows easily.

George:
Hi,

I'm sorry, I left a few key words: 'If I right click a program (cmd, notepad, etc.) from start or start/search and choose 'Run as Administrator' nothing happens.' (it is noted though in the title of the post)

No other issue, e.g. with double left-click for running as normal.

I don't want to make them run as admin only, I just wish to maintain the choice to run as normal, or when need be, run as admin.

I do have this choice at the exe files (as mentioned initially), but it is also offered at the short cuts in start. Nothing but the failure  of this option is my problem. I only want to make the right-menu point 'Run as Administrator' do so when chosen.

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