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How to Run App as Administrator by Default in Windows 11
1. When you've located the file, right-click it to open its context menu. Then, select "Properties." 2. Navigate to the "Compatibility" tab.
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arich1580 Unfortunately, this does not work anymore.
At some point the troubleshooter has been changed to open a Help program, and it drops all knowledge of the .exe file that you had run the troubleshooter for.
You then go through the list of programs to run the compatibility troubleshooter for, which it presents a limited list of programs for, and in my case it is for Visual Studio (devenv.exe), it does not come up in any list, so you have to keep clicking "None of the above". Then finally it asks "Is it a Windows Desktop application?" to which you say "yes", and then it instructs you to do the same thing you just did to run the "Troubleshoot compatibility" tool for the specific EXE.
I can confirm, also that there is definitely on "Compatibility" test when you go to the Properties for the .exe file.
So when you use the quick tasks shortcuts to open any previously accessed .sln files in Visual Studio from the task bar, those do not run as admin, even if you've configured the main Visual Studio task bar shortcut to run as admin.
This is all exactly as per other people's complaints in these comments, and Microsoft need to fix this ASAP, as it's a degradation of capabilities.
At some point the troubleshooter has been changed to open a Help program, and it drops all knowledge of the .exe file that you had run the troubleshooter for.
You then go through the list of programs to run the compatibility troubleshooter for, which it presents a limited list of programs for, and in my case it is for Visual Studio (devenv.exe), it does not come up in any list, so you have to keep clicking "None of the above". Then finally it asks "Is it a Windows Desktop application?" to which you say "yes", and then it instructs you to do the same thing you just did to run the "Troubleshoot compatibility" tool for the specific EXE.
I can confirm, also that there is definitely on "Compatibility" test when you go to the Properties for the .exe file.
So when you use the quick tasks shortcuts to open any previously accessed .sln files in Visual Studio from the task bar, those do not run as admin, even if you've configured the main Visual Studio task bar shortcut to run as admin.
This is all exactly as per other people's complaints in these comments, and Microsoft need to fix this ASAP, as it's a degradation of capabilities.
BronThulke I have found a work around on Windows 11. Search for "Run programs made for previous versions of Windows" in the start menu. This will launch the old Troubleshooter.
This worked for me, too, somehow I had missed your reply until Daveylad just responded
Fabulous, thank you StevenBirkes !
This is the answer I came here for 👍
