Windows 7: How to Execute Programs from the Search Run Box as Administrator
Posted by Siddharth Bose in Microsoft Windows 7
Many of us make extensive use of the search run box provided in the Windows 7 start menu. However, if we normally start a task from the start menu, it does not execute with administrator rights. Here is how to change that.
Go to the Start menu and type the application name in the run box.
Then instead of pressing the Enter key, press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to run the task as an Administrator.
The task should be started as an Administrator. If you have User Account Control (UAC) enabled, then the UAC screen is opened which you have to accept.
This is an extremely easy and time saving method to run applications as an administrator.
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November 29, 2010 at 2:24 pm, Guest said:
Very nice.
November 29, 2010 at 2:37 pm, Lucio Mollinedo said:
That was cool. I was expecting to read a post about right click cmd.exe and choosing “run with highest privileges”, and I found this instead. neat
November 29, 2010 at 4:01 pm, seinfeld5a said:
Thanks for this. I was wondering if the search box and the run box are exactly the same.
November 30, 2010 at 3:30 pm, SpoTHT said:
This will eliminates the hassle of right-clicking and selecting Run as administrator.
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February 29, 2012 at 4:19 am, MrPloops said:
That’s nice.
But is there a way to put arguments after the program name? I can’t make it work…
tia
MrPloops