Windows 10: New Install---Trouble with admin rights

I attempted to rename a desktop shortcut. The OS provided the following message:




I clicked the shield button but the usual, resulting permission window (yes/no) didn't load. Nothing occurred as a result of clicking the shield other than the dialogue box closing.

Then from an elevated cmd prompt I ran:
net user administrator /active:yes
net user conni /active:yes
net user guest /active:yes

That didn't work--still couldn't rename the shortcut.

Then I figured I'd run file explorer as admin. Regardless of wherever I found an instance of file explorer, right clicking never had an option to run as admin.

Okay, I'll bite, what's going on?

Mark

:)

 

Use admin account with admin rights disabled

Hi Vincent,

We suggest that you check the article below as a guide on how to create a local user account in Windows 10.

Create a local user account in Windows 10.

Keep us posted.

 

Use admin account with admin rights disabled

Create a new standard user account the guest account is limited.

 

Browse to the location of the QB file, (ie) C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickBooks 2017 and right click the QBPreJazz 2017 file choose Properties/Compatibility put a check in the box Run As Administrator, click OK. Then click on your shortcut.

 

Hello. Did you upgrade from Windows 7? That seems to cause this type of permissions issue. If you have the inclination, I would suggest doing a clean format install.

 

This was a clean install on a new drive.

Checking off the run as admin worked. However:

Renaming a desktop icon still requires you to click the elevation button and although now same acknowledges, what a stupid PITA. I have two other machines running Win10 and neither have this requirement. There must be a global way to change this characteristic? This effort implies that you have to go through this drill every time you want to change something on the drive?!