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Beginner: How to Run an Application as Administrator in Windows 8
Windows 8 does away with the Start Menu we all know and love, and introduces a more “immersive” Start Screen. Since there’s no context menu on the Start Screen you may be wondering how to run applications as administrator–here’s how.
Running a Application as Administrator on Windows 8
In order to launch an a Metro application we first have to be on the Start Screen, if you are not here you can quickly press the Windows key to switch to it.
Next we need to select the application that we want to run as administrator, to do this we right-click on it.
If you look to the bottom of the screen, you will see a run as administrator button, click it.
You should see a UAC prompt now, just click yes to launch the application. That’s all there is to it.
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- Published 06/8/12
Does control+shift+click not work in metro?
how do you do this with touch?
is there a way to setup an application to always run as admin?
There’s a much easier solution; uninstall Windoze 8. Then you won’t have any problems with it at all!
@daniel I think you have to use your right index finger ;-)
or a more serious answer is I don’t know but perhaps you touch and hold to ‘right-click’?
Todo a right click in Windows 7 on touch screen, first click with one finger, while holding this, click again with a second finger.
This doesn’t work for Windows Explorer, which doesn’t display a “Run As Administrator” option on the right-click menu on the Desktop (as it does in Win7) or the Start screen. Big nuisance. Anyone know a workaround?
‘if you are not here you can quickly press the Windows key to switch to it.’…what happen if I slowly press the windows key? Or press it at a medium pace?
No context menu?
If you have to right-click to get a menu at the bottom…I think it’s safe to call that a “context” menu…
@Berls
It does work on the desktop.
You need to right-click on an app shortcut…not the blank desktop…;-)
Also works in Windows Explorer.
only works for Win7 apps. if you righ-click on a Metro app you don’t get the runas administrator.