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Cannot run anything as administrator
Well, I was perplexed by this problem, but I have discovered that the latest release of Windows 11 (22H2) seems to have a problem not just with "Run As Administrator" but most things on context menus (menus which appear when you click the right-,mouse-button). I tried your "fix" with NCH applications running (uninstalled them) but that did not help.
What eventually fixed the problem of not just "Administrator" but also all other problems with the context menus was following instructions in this excellent article:
https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/windows-11-classic-context-menus
It involves editing a key in the registry (so be careful).
Everything works fine now!
Hopefully, Microsoft will issue an update to remove the need for returning to the old style
(full as opposed to compacted) context menus. Personally I prefer the full menu anyway!
ChrisRaisin I am smart enough to know that I'm too dumb to do regedits. I have a clean load from Dell that I started using Friday the 24th and there are no NCH products listed in the Uninstall Programs in Control Panel. Where else should I look for them? I can't install apps from DVD or download troubleshooters that MS recommends on their site. I also can't run scannow from a command window. It tells me I have to run on a console window as administrator. The
"right click and select run as administrator" solution doesn't work. There was one other solution that has you go in and unclick some recommendation or other, but MS has now removed that option so I can't do that either. I found this as well which suggests that I'll never get future upgrade MS sends me. so this is a serious problem and needs a resolution.https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/im-unable-to-install-new-updates-on-windows-11/6bf72642-fd49-41b4-8058-5d28b3b03ccb
- I am not smart enough to play with regedit. if you have another solution please let us all know because some of us are listed as administrator on our personal laptops and we are still hurting.
- Actually, I may have been too hasty here! Although it fixed the current machine I am using, I went to another PC I have which has EXACTLY THE SAME Windows 11 22H2 version and build, and there is nothing wrong with "Run As Administrator" or anything else on the context menus (using the new style contracted menu). The PC I had trouble with is the only one experiencing these problems, so my guess now is that your first observation may be correct (NCH software is causing the problem). I only uninstalled the "Express Zip File Compression" program, so now I will revert to the "compact" content menus, uninstall ALL NCH programs (5 of them) and reboot to see if that was the problem. If it fails, at least I have the option of reverting to the full context menu.
I had updated to W11 22H2 via inline System Update (through an ISO) rather than waiting for Microsoft to update via the normal process. All other computers are updated except the one I am having trouble with. I guess it was not updating because of the problem I am experiencing.
Maybe If I had simply uninstalled all the NCH programs and then attempted a normal update it would have worked, so the "NCH" problem may in fact stop PCs from updating to 22H2 Build!
(If I paid money for NCH programs I want my money back!)- please tell me how to find this NCH program when control panel does not list it.
- Check if there’s anything by a developer NCH in apps in your settings on your laptop. If there are no programs like this, then NCH isn’t installed on your device and is not causing the issue
- I followed the tutorial in your link and it didn't change anything. Looks like I'll have to try uninstalling my NCH software too. Sucks.
