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Int3g3rWork
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Jul 13, 2022
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Powershell run as Admin - context menu

Hello Is it possible to add "Run as administrator" to the context menu when right clicking on a powershell script? I am using Windows 11, the Classic context menu.   The following does not work an...
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    nannerpuss
    Jul 31, 2022

    I'm having a love/hate relationship with the new PS and WSL development in 11 Pro and it's starting to get silly how many times I've had to manually regedit my own workarounds for things like this. I was early on the Win 11 Pro upgrade last December and they have come a long way in these past several months, but some things still need to ripen.

    Anyway, try this (or check out the other dozen or so PS context-menu-registry-hack solutions for closely related fixes where the registry keys and hive will be very nearby too for some poking around): https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/64349-run-administrator-add-ps1-file-context-menu-windows-10-a.html

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nannerpuss
Copper Contributor
Jul 31, 2022

I'm having a love/hate relationship with the new PS and WSL development in 11 Pro and it's starting to get silly how many times I've had to manually regedit my own workarounds for things like this. I was early on the Win 11 Pro upgrade last December and they have come a long way in these past several months, but some things still need to ripen.

Anyway, try this (or check out the other dozen or so PS context-menu-registry-hack solutions for closely related fixes where the registry keys and hive will be very nearby too for some poking around): https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/64349-run-administrator-add-ps1-file-context-menu-windows-10-a.html

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