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For some reason, "Run as administrator" is not working for me from the task bar, it just fails to launch silently, for example, if I right-click PowerShell and click Run as Administrator, or if I Ctrl-Shift click anything - nothing happens at all, no exceptions, just silence

I see others who reported the issue were advised that it might be due to their virus checker, but I completely disabled my virus checker, and no luck.

In fact I am able to launch it via powershell -command "start-process powershell -verb runas"), so I think we can rule out the virus checker.

Is there any way for me to launch programs with elevated privileges from the task bar as they are intended?

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Victor Grazi
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An application that you have pinned to the task bar can be run as an administrator by holding CTRL+SHIFT while clicking on it.

Holding CTRL+SHIFT to run as administrator also works for items in the start menu or the WinX menu.

kicken
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Right-click on an icon pinned to the taskbar doesn't give an option for "Run as administrator".

To use "Run as administrator", you need to hold the Shift key while right-clicking on the icon. You will then get the usual contextual menu which includes "Run as administrator".

harrymc
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