Always run a program in administrator mode

If you have not disabled the UAC (user access control) and you want to run a program in the administrator mode, then you have to right-click on a program (or its shortcut) and select Run as administrator. But in Windows 7, you can set a program to always run in the administrator mode, without the need of right clicking on it. Here is how you can do this :

Note : You must have administrator level access to do this. If you have a standard user account, then you cannot make a program run in the administrator mode.

1. Setting a shortcut of a program to always run in the admin mode

In this example, we would be setting Mozilla Firefox to always run in the administrator mode. You can follow the same steps for any program. Mozilla Firefox creates a shortcut on the desktop. We would be using this shortcut.

  1. Right click on the Mozilla Firefox shortcut icon on the dekstop.
  2. Select Properties from the right-click menu that pops up.
  3. Select the Shortcut tab in the Properties window as shown in the picture,

    Setting a shortcut of a program to always run in the admin mode

  4. Click on Advanced button as shown in the above picture.
  5. In the window that opens, check the check box labeled Run as administrator and click OK,

    Choose run as administrator for a shortcut

  6. Close the shortcut Properties window.

Now whenever you would run this program, through this shortcut, it would always run in the administrator mode.

2. Setting a program file to always run in the admin mode

You have seen how you can set a shortcut to a program to always run that program through that shortcut in the administrator mode. How about setting the program executable itself to always run in the adminstrator mode ? In the following example, we would set the Mozilla Firefox executable (firefox.exe) to always run in the administrator mode.

  1. Open the folder that contains your target executable file. In our case, firefox.exe resides in the folder D:Program FilesMozilla Firefox.
  2. Right click on your target executable file (in our case firefox.exe).
  3. Select Properties from the right-click menu that pops up.
  4. Select the Compatibility tab in the Properties window as shown in the picture,

    Setting a program file to always run in the admin mode

  5. Check the check box labeled Run this program as an administrator and click OK.

Now whenever you would run this program, directly or through any shortcut, it would always run in the administrator mode.