Windows 10: can't change my computer to administrator

I have been trying to uninstall apps and download them but i cant because my computer is not logged in as the admin, i have tried the command prompt way help me please this is getting very annoying

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how to change administrator on my computer

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

As I understand that your administrator account has been changed to another account as administrator. We will help you to resolve the issue.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to change the account settings as administrator and check if it helps.

1. In the search type as “user accounts”.

2. Click on “change your account types”.

3. All the user accounts will be listed there, under your account you can select as administrator.

4. The account will be changed to administrator.

Hope this information is helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

changing administrator

Hi,

Share this information to assist you better.

• What are the steps you have tried to change the Admin rights?
• How many accounts have you configured in your computer?

Try the below steps if you have not tried:

• Open Control Panel (Move the cursor to the lower/left corner of the screen and
  Right Click, select Control Panel on the menu.
• In Control Panel, select User Accounts.
• Select Manage another account.

This will show all of the user accounts on the computer. If there is an Administrator account it will show that designation.

• Sign Out and log on with any Administrator Account.
• Go back to Control Panel/User Accounts.
• Select Manage another account and then select the Standard account you wish to change.
• Select the Change Account Type option.
• Select the Administrator option to change the account and click the
  Change Account Type button.

If there are no other Administrator Accounts, let us know and we can try another recovery method.



Let us know what you find.

 

Change Administrator on old computer

Hello,

We appreciate that you post your concern here in the Community. To help you change the administrator account on your computer, you may need to
create a new account first by following the steps provided in this article on how to
create
a local user or administrator account in Windows 10. Once you’re on the page, you may proceed with the steps, and then complete the process. After completing the given steps, you may check if you’re able to create a new user account
on your device.

Furthermore, log in to the newly created admin account and then delete the old one from the
Settings. To do this, you may proceed with the following steps below:

• Click Start > Settings > Accounts > Family & other people.
• Under the Other people section, select the account that you want to delete, and then click the
  Remove button.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process.
• After completing the steps, you may check if you can properly remove the old account on your computer.

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