How to Run an App as Administrator in Windows 10
Information
Some legitimate applications require a full administrator access token (elevated) to perform their functions or tasks. For example, when a program that you are trying to run is giving you a
Access Denied or
No Permission type error.
The
User Account Control (UAC) message is displayed to request consent or credentials to allow an application to use the full administrator access token in any of the following circumstances:
- The application developer marked the application to require an administrator access token. This is done by using a development technique known as an embedded manifest.
- UAC detected that the application is an installer or setup application. (Automatic detection can be disabled by using Group Policy.)
- Microsoft analyzed the application and provided an application compatibility shim. A shim is a small amount of extra code provided by Microsoft that supports certain non-Microsoft applications.
- An administrator configured the application compatibility settings on the application's Program Properties page.
- An interactive user right-clicked the application and then clicked Run as administrator to start the application.
This tutorial will show you different ways on how to have an application
Run as administrator with full unrestricted elevated rights in
Windows 10.
Note
The "Run as administrator" option is only available for
desktop apps, and not available for
Windows apps (aka: modern apps).
You must be signed in as an
administrator or provide the credentials of a member of the local Administrators group to Run as administrator.
- If you are on as a standard user, or if UAC is configured to always require credentials, enter the appropriate administrative credentials, and then click OK.
- If you are logged on as an administrator and UAC is not configured to always require credentials, click Yes to start the application.
CONTENTS:
OPTION ONE
To Run as Administrator using Keyboard Shortcut
1. Select an app to highlight it.
2. Press and hold the CTRL + Shift keys.
3. Press Enter or click/tap on the app.
4. Release the CTRL + Shift keys.
OPTION TWO
To Run as Administrator using Context Menu
OPTION THREE
To Run as Administrator from Run Dialog
1. Press the
Win+R keys to open the Run dialog.
2. Type what (ex: "cmd") you want to run into the Run dialog.
3. Either press the
CTRL + Shift + Enter keys
OR press
CTRL + Shift and click/tap on
OK.
OPTION FOUR
To Run as Administrator with Task Scheduler
OPTION FIVE
To Run as Administrator in Start Menu
1. Right click or press and hold on an app in All Apps or on Start, click/tap on
More, and click/tap on
Run as administrator. (see screenshot below)
OPTION SIX
To Run as Administrator in File Explorer Ribbon
1. While in
File Explorer, select an app (ex: cmd.exe).
2. Click/tap on the
Application Tools Manage tab, and do
step 3 or
step 4 below for what you would like to do.
3. Click/tap on the top half of the
Run as administrator button in the
ribbon. (see screenshot below)
4. Click/tap on the bottom half of the
Run as administrator button in the
ribbon, and click/tap on
Run as administrator. (see screenshot below)
OPTION SEVEN
To Run as Administrator on Taskbar
1. Right click or press and hold on a program's (ex: Command Prompt) icon on the taskbar to open it's jump list. (see screenshot below step 2)
2. In the jump list, right click or press and hold on the program's name (ex: Command Prompt), and click/tap on
Run as administrator.
OPTION EIGHT
To Run as Administrator in Task Manager
1. Open
Task Manager in more details view.
2. Click/tap on
File (menu bar), and click/tap on
Run new task. (see screenshot below)
3. Type the name of the app's .exe file (ex: cmd) or
browse to and select the program's .exe file or shortcut, check the
Create this task with administrative privileges box, and click/tap on
OK. (see screenshot below)
OPTION NINE
To Always Run as Administrator in Shortcut Advanced Properties
1. Right click or press and hold on a shortcut of an app on your desktop or in File Explorer, and click/tap on
Properties in the context menu.
2. Click/tap on the
Shortcut tab, and click/tap on the
Advanced button. (see screenshot below)
3. Do
step 4 or
step 5 below for what you would like to do.
4. To Always Run Shortcut as administrator when Opened
A) Check the
Run as administrator box, click/tap on
OK, and go to
step 6below. (see screenshot below
step 5)
5. To Not Always Run Shortcut as administrator when Opened
A) Uncheck the
Run as administrator box, click/tap on
OK, and go to
step 6below. (see screenshot below)
Click/tap on
OK. (see screenshot below
step 2)
OPTION TEN
To Always Run as Administrator in Compatibility Properties
1. Right click or press and hold on a shortcut of an app on your desktop or in File Explorer, and click/tap on
Properties in the context menu.
2. Click/tap on the
Compatibility tab, and do
step 3 or
step 4 below for what you would like to do. (see screenshot below)
3. Set "Run as administrator" Privilege Level for App for Only Your Account
A) In the
Settings section, check or uncheck the
Run this program as an administrator box for what you would like to do, and click/tap on
OK. (see screenshot below)
Note
If the
Run this program as an administrator setting is grayed out, then you will need to do
step 4 below instead.
4. Set "Run as administrator" Privilege Level for App for All Users
A) Click/tap on the Change settings for all users button. (see screenshot below step 4B)
B) In the Settings section, check or uncheck the Run this program as an administrator box for what you would like to do, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
C) Click/tap on
OK. (see screenshot below)
Note
If you checked the
Run this program as an administrator box in
step 4B, then the
Run this program as an administrator setting in
step 3 will be grayed out and unable to be changed unless you do
step 4A again.
OPTION ELEVEN
To Always Run as Administrator in Registry Editor
1. Press the
Win+R keys to open Run, type
regedit, and click/tap on
OK to open Registry Editor.
2. If prompted by
UAC, click/tap on
Yes.
3. In regedit, navigate the location below that you want to use. (see screenshot below)
Note
If the Layers key is not there, then right click or press and hold on the AppCompatFlags key, click/tap on New, click/tap on Key, type Layers, and press Enter.
(for current account only)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers
(for all users)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers
In the right pane of
Layers, right click or press and hold on an empty area, then click/tap on
New, and click/tap on
String Value. (see screenshot above)
5. Type in the
full path of the app's exe file (ex: "C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe") you want to always run as administrator, press Enter, then double click/tap on the
full path in the right pane to modify it. (see screenshot below step 3)
6. Copy and paste the data value below, and click/tap on
OK. (see screenshot below)
~ RUNASADMIN
7. When finished, you can close Registry Editor if you like.
That's it,
Shawn
Tip
Quote
