Run as administrator

[P I Lewis]

I have an application I am trying to run and every time I want to use it I
have to use the run as administrator option when you want to run it even on
user accounts which are supposedly set as administrators.

I have been lead to believe that once you select the option it will always
work but this is not the case. I am not sure if this may be because of using
a desktop shortcut or what?

If anyone has any ideas or suggestions to help me with this it is greatly
appreciated!

Thanks

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

What type of application is this? The only reason that an application would
need admin privileges to start would be one that needed to gain global,
unrestricted access to the entire computer such as a system utility or an
application that needed to access any restricted areas of the system.

If this program does not need this type of access, then it needs to be
updated to make it compatible with Vista.

 

[P I Lewis]

The application in question is a church presentation and song management tool
called easyworship 2007. I have looked on the website and it has been
updated and supposed to be now compatible with Vista. I have even contacted
their customer support with no luck.

I know what you mean about unrestricted access and do not have a clue why it
would need that as all it does is have a database of songs in order to create
a schedule that runs through a projector at my church.

Thanks

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Pl

You might want to look at the location where it saves the database. If it
saves it to a restricted area such as, C:\Program Files or C:\Windows, this
could be the reason that it requires admin privilegtes.

If this is the case, look in the program for the configuration settings to
see if it is possible to change this location. If this option is available,
create a new folder in the C:\Users\your username\ folder and move the
database location to that new location.

 

[Dwarf]

Hi P I,

Right-click the program icon and select 'Properties'. In the 'Shortcut' tab,
click 'Advanced'. In the dialogue that appears, click 'Run as administrator'.
Click 'Ok' twice. You will then get an 'Access Denied' message. Click
'Continue' and provide an administrator password to continue. Finally, click
'OK' to finish. Next time you run the program, you will be asked to provide
an administrator password to continue. You will need to provide the same
password as did in the above procedure.
Dwarf