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[Solved] Shortcuts from start to 'Run as administrator' don't work (Win 8.1 x64)
George:
I presumed the problem was simple, only the solution could be sophisticated. In case I'm wrong:
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 register key this way.
Boggin:
Creating a new admin account may do it, but if not then you're probably looking at least a Refresh http://www.thewindowsclub.com/lost-administrative-rights-in-windows
George:
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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.
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I did not loose administrator's rights.
--- Quote from: George on November 02, 2014, 05:30:35 am ---Anyway, I can run anything as administrator from the exe files, if no idea to get the right-menu item alive, let's leave it.
Thank you.
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jraju:
Hi, George,
Shall I suggest that you could easily run the programs only on administation? I presume that you do not want to run as standard some of the programs.
If you want to assign admin right to particular programs, then you could well to go to the properties of the short cut of the program, by right clicking it, and then go to advanced mode and click Run as Administrator box, Now you will see a blue window admin symbol in the short cut of the program. Likewise, you could select the shortcuts of those programs and do the same. Is this what you want? This may be the solution, but there is no shortcut for applying all the programs as admin.
George:
Hi jraju,
The shortcuts to run any program from the start menu either as normal or admin is a simple service in windows. I lost the half of it, hoped to get it back easily. If not, I can go to the exe files, when I want to run them as admin, and do so there. A bit inconvenient but no big deal. Let's leave it at that.
Thank you.
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