Windows 10: Cannot run as administrator - intermittent issue - 15 minutes after a restart run as admin...

Windows 1 pro Version 10.0.18362 Build 18362

i9-9900K, 32 GB


Running my normal, user account which is an admin acct

Have not done any upgrades recently that I know of to Windows


When I start or restart Windows I am unable to run as administrator

- No response to Command Prompt as admin (non admin cmd works OK)

- No response to Powershell as admin (non admin works OK)

- File Explorer does not start when selected from task bar

- OneDrive grayed out


Then - what seems me to be very weird -- after approx 15 minutes of on time, run as admin suddenly works again. And, the previously non responsive attempts to open file explorer, powershell as admin and cmd as admin suddenly open and pop up on the screen. Weird!!


I have a second admin account that I set up for emergency use. That account does not exhibit this issue. If I log into my normal user account and have the run as admin issue described above and then switch users to the backup admin account I find no issues with the backup account.


I am in over my head on this one. Have searched community and other online sources for ideas. Have run sfc and dism. Ran DISM with /RestoreHealth, and it found some things to clean up, but the problem persists.


Appreciate any thought/ideas what I might try. Thanks!

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running DOS as ADMIN

I suggested that in post #4 but @bromberg doesn't seem to have tried it yet...

 

running DOS as ADMIN

I assume you don't have 'exit' anywhere in your batch file?

Rather than playing with 'pause' - if you want to see the output...

1. Open a command window as admin
2. Run the batch file manually
3. Command window will not close unless the 'exit' command is issued
4. Read output

That's the first step I'd take to diagnose. Then run every line in your batch file manually, one-by-one, in your admin command window (copy and paste from the actual batch file, don't retype the commands).

You'll soon find your problem.

 

Run as admin fails

Hi,


Apologies for the late reply.



You may try the followings steps:

• 
  Open an Administrator CMD window. If you can’t find a way, use these steps:
  
• 
  Press CTRL+Shift+ESC to open Task Manager.
  
• 
  Click File > Run New Task
  
• 
  Make sure you have a check mark beside “Create this task with administrative privileges”
  
• 
  Type CMD
  
• 
  Type the following commands at the CMD prompt:
  
  dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
  
  sfc /scannnow
  

Check to see if the issue is resolved. If not, restart the PC.