Windows 10: Add or remove Run as Administrator to PS1 File Context Menu in Windows 10

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On how to run a .ps1 file as Administrator


In addition: *Smile

How to Add 'Run as administrator' to PS1 File Context Menu in Windows 10

 

On how to run a .ps1 file as Administrator


Hello everyone,

If you have had a chance of going through the great Brink's Tutorial Apps - Uninstall in Windows 10 (I strongly advice you do), you may have noticed that, if you wish to automatize, at least to a certain extent, the procedure of getting rid of Windows 10 pre-installed bloatware (sorry, Apps would sound much better), you will inescapably bump into the need of creating a tailored .ps1 file.

More specifically, you may want to copy and paste into a text editor like Notepad your customized set of instructions and then saving it with the extension .ps1 rather than .txt (or, which is the same, save it as a .txt file and then, disregarding Windows warnings, change its extension to .ps1)

I hope an example might help. Let us assume I wish to uninstall, for instance, Alarms & Clock, Calendar and Mail, Candy Crush Soda Saga and Microsoft Solitaire Collection for all users. IMHO your file should be like this:

Get-appxpackage -allusers *windowsalarms* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-appxpackage -allusers *windowscommunicationsapps* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-appxpackage -allusers *CandyCrushSodaSaga* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-appxpackage -allusers *solitairecollection* | Remove-AppxPackage

So far so good, copy and paste all of the above into Notepad, save it as a .ps1 file and everybody's content. Apart from the fact that when you launch it with PowerShell, which is the final purpose of the whole iteration, it inevitably crashes due to the fact that, apparently, for these kind of instructions you need Administraor's privileges. That is, to be even more clear, those privileges you get when you right-click on PowerShell in Menu and select Run as Administrator.

Which brings us to the question: how do I run a .ps1 file in PowerShell as Administrator? *Confused

Kindly note that I am logged in my PC's as Administrator (single user, as a matter of fact).

Thank you all in advance. *Smile

 

Add or Remove Run as administrator Context Menu in Windows 10


This didn't work for me. Sometime after upgrading to the Windows 10 Anniversary update I noticed Run as Administrator was missing from the right-click context menu. (I've also installed the Take Ownership reg hack which may be related?)

I also couldn't open an elevated DOS prompt. When I clicked shift right-click on the Start button and selected Command Prompt (Admin) a DOS window would pop open for a split second and then close, with no error indication.

One other strange thing that's been happening since the upgrade is Windows Explorer 'unexpectedly' stops and restarts several times a day. Sometimes on its own and sometimes when I click on a file or try to open the file in a program.

After installing your Run as Administrator .REG, it still does not show up on my context menu, but I see that opening an elevated DOS prompt now works. Thanks for fixing that at least. *Smile I can still open a program as Administrator if I press Shift then right-click and Run as a Different User and give the Administrator name and password.

Any suggestion for how to get Run as Administrator back into my Context Menu?

Thanks,
Larry