Windows 10: How to run File Explorer as Administrator

What I don't understand is why with administrator rights, I can't access or delete files or even save files to the Windows folder.

I also don't have the option if I right click to run File Explorer with Administrator rights.





If I Right Click on another Application I get to run as Administrator





Here are File Explorer properties; as you can see the olption to run as Administrator is grayed out





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File Explorer has gone crazy after last nights upgrade.

My only has icons instead of full descriptions. I can not get back to a point where I have tabs that actually say something. Please tell me how to get my view repaired? help... Help.... HELP!!!

 

how do i run a notepad file as administrator

how do i run a notepad file as administrator. I'm trying to stop the infuriating windows 10 update by running a notepad file as follows: This is saved on my desktop and apparently i need to do this every day!!

net stop wuauserv

net stop cryptSvc

net stop bits

net stop msiserver

Ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old

Ren C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 Catroot2.old

net start cryptSvc

net start bits

net start msiserver

 

Because "File Explorer" on Start is not really an application, it's much like a placeholder or quick access link to explorer.exe (and you can configure a third party file manager to replace Windows default explorer.exe if you want).

You can however use "File Explorer" to open C:\Windows folder, find explorer.exe there, right click and choose "Run as administrator".

 

That works fine, but I still don't understand why, as an administrator, with administrator rights, I still can't delete some files. I've tried taking ownership but with no success.

 

It is a security thing, to minimize the damage a malicious program might do. It is called User Account Control - UAC.

 

What files do you want to delete?

It's not the administrator rights. You need to set the permissions and in order to do that you may need to take ownership. If you can't do that from your admin account then activate the super admin account.

Alternatively make a bootable USB or DVD with Hiren's BootCD on it.

Boot to Linux and have at it.

 

[Tip] Add Option in Files and Folders Context Menu in Windows - AskVG

Or just use Download Unlocker 1.9.2 - FileHippo.com

 

Has already been set Never Notify.

 

Thanks, I'll give the registry entry a go as I've read that Unlocker adds a toolbar & is reported as a Trojan by some.

 

The UAC slider is not enough. You need a registry edit to disable it completely, which has the side-effect of breaking the store apps.

If you do want to do this, run the following from CMD: Code: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f[/quote]

 

Tis simple really - Create a shortcut on your desktop to Explorer.exe and in Properties select Shortcut tab > Advanced button then check Run as Administrator

 

Did this work for you? I'm trying to delete some mods left over in a steam folder but I just get the access denied no matter which way I set the folder properties security tab and edit tab. I've never had this problem with windows 7 and this is somewhat infuriating.

 

Never was it possible to just navigate to C:\Windows, right click on explorer.exe and select “Run as administrator” to start it elevated. On Windows 7 and 8 you had to completely close the current explorer.exe process first.

In Windows 10 this isn’t the case anymore. I’ve noticed it’s now increasingly difficult to open an elevated Explorer process.


@poomanchu You might find it easiest to login as the builtin Administrator to do that.

 

I'm using windows 10 and trying to edit some video file information and even with launching file explorer as an admin it still refuses to allow me to remove the title from my videos.