Can no longer "Run as Administator"

Hi,

I just updated Win10 on my machine. It took well over an hour to run, and has added quite a nice selection of features. The minor (not!) problem though, as now I can't "Run as Administrator"! I see the option when right clicking the program, but if I click on it nothing happens (I used to get an alert, asking me if I wanted to do it). Are there any bits I can check? I really need it, as I'm doing a server move today, and need to edit the `hosts` file to check the site works, before we put the DNS live

Cheers

Andy

Hi,

I never used to have to do that. I would right click > Run as Administrator > click the confirm button the alert, and voila. It's literally this morning this has started (after the last update). I don't really want to turn off UAC fully, as that leaves me open to virus/malware/hacks :/

UPDATE: I just tried disabling UAC, but no joy either.

Cheers

Andy

Do you have any users that are members of administrators group? Run net localgroup administrators from command prompt to check..

Code:

Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

PS C:\Windows\system32> net localgroup administrators
Alias name     administrators
Comment        Administrators have complete and unrestricted access to the computer/domain

Members

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hali
Administrator
The command completed successfully.

PS C:\Windows\system32>

Thanks. Thisis what I get:

Code:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063]
(c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


C:\Users\Andy>net localgroup administrators
Alias name     administrators
Comment        Administrators have complete and unrestricted access to the computer/domain


Members


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrator
Andy
The command completed successfully.




C:\Users\Andy>

Also, as an attempt to get the functionality back, I have uninstall the KB4022725 path (but not the other major Windows one). Unfortunately this still didn't help

Not sure then, sorry. You could try rebooting, running sfc /scannow and/or make another user Andy2 (that is member of Administrators group) and see if any of those work.

Thanks. My brother who works in IT support at a local office, has said the update has caused mayhem at their office as well. Good job Microsoft :/

Thanks. Unfortunately I get this error when trying to run:




I created it as a .txt file, then renamed it to the .reg, and then tried to run it

Thanks

Andy