There seems to be a permanent "Run as administrator" entry in my right-click context menu. If I click on this for anything but an executable or shortcut to an executable, Windows 10 throws the below error, even if I do have a program associated with the file type.
Not sure what you want......................
Would you want to get rid of the Run As Admin ?
If yes, use this tutorial :
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...ndows-7-a.html
Step 3 To Remove "Run as administrator" from the Context Menu
Why would you want to open a non-exectable file with administrator rights ? That was never an option.
This is a wild guess -- are you attempting to use explorer.exe to tree-climb, pick something, click on that something? If so, it's possible that your explorer.exe operations are corrupt. I can fix Windows 7 when this happens, however, I do not know how to fix Windows 8+ or 10, if it is indeed an explorer.exe corruption problem.
There seems to be some confusion about this ... so, here are a couple screen-shots to help show what's happening.
The first one shows me right-clicking on a TXT file. You'll notice the option for "Run as administrator". If I opt for this, it will generate the error from my original post.
The second one shows me right-clicking on an EXE file. It also has "Run as administrator". If I opt for this, it will work as expected.
It's worth noting that this computer is an upgrade from Windows 7, and not a clean install.
Windows 7 never had the option to "Run as administrator" for anything but executable files. I have no clue where this option is coming from in Win10.
Hello Itwally, :)
You shouldn't have "Run as administrator" on a non executable file like a .log file. This is why you are getting the error.
It seems like you may have used something that added "Run as administrator" to the context menu of all files?
If you like, downloading and merging the .reg file below should remove "Run as administrator" from the context menu of .log files. If you have any other file types this happens with afterwards, then please let me know what they are, and I'll modify the .reg file to include them as well.
Remove_bad_Run_as_administrator.reg
In that case, use the Find and Find next feature in Registry Editor to search for runas to see what locations it's under. Post them here, and I'll be happy to take a look to see what shouldn't be there before deleting anything.
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