Thursday, January 31, 2013

How to always run as Administrator in Windows 8

After upgrading the OS to Windows 8, the first problem that I encountered was, I need to run many of the apps as Administrator or else they won't run as expected. And that includes even VS 2008.
Imagine you need to every time right click and select "Run as Administrator".

I found a solution to this and thought of sharing this with others too.
First thing you need to do is, turn off UAC.
After you have turned it off, follow these steps:
1. Go to the executable, right click on it and select "Troubleshoot compatibility"
2. Select "Troubleshoot program"
3. Choose "The program requires additional permissions".
5. Click "Test the program" (required), save and close the wizard.

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