This didn't work for me. Sometime after upgrading to the Windows 10 Anniversary update I noticed Run as Administrator was missing from the right-click context menu. (I've also installed the Take Ownership reg hack which may be related?)

I also couldn't open an elevated DOS prompt. When I clicked shift right-click on the Start button and selected Command Prompt (Admin) a DOS window would pop open for a split second and then close, with no error indication.

One other strange thing that's been happening since the upgrade is Windows Explorer 'unexpectedly' stops and restarts several times a day. Sometimes on its own and sometimes when I click on a file or try to open the file in a program.

After installing your Run as Administrator .REG, it still does not show up on my context menu, but I see that opening an elevated DOS prompt now works. Thanks for fixing that at least. :) I can still open a program as Administrator if I press Shift then right-click and Run as a Different User and give the Administrator name and password.

Any suggestion for how to get Run as Administrator back into my Context Menu?

Thanks,
Larry

This is the one I used. I had used it in Windows 8.1 and I can't recall if I had to reinstall it after the Windows 10 upgrade.

Take Ownership - Add to Context Menu in Windows 8

Should I reset it with the Remove_Take_Ownership_from_context_menu.reg

Then reinstall it with the one at your new link?

Thanks for your help!

Larry

It's not working for me. I can't add "Run as administrator" to context menu. Maybe Creator's Update broke it?

EDIT: It actually does something. It adds and removes "Run as administrator" if I open programs from the start menu. Maybe the problem is that I want to run a visual studio .sln file as administrator?

A 1,000 blessings on you!

Hi Shawn

I have the same issue the registry fix does not work for me!!!