Windows 7: I've lost my Run As Administrator command

In my context menu, I had lost my Run As Administrator command. I had installed a Take Ownership command for installing WMP11 but uninstalled it because I wanted RAA. But, it doesn't show up in my context menu anymore. Anyway to solve?

What happens if you try to remove the Take Ownership from the menu? In my zip file you have what you need... if not try the reg key i also attached!

When I got rid of Take Ownership, it's gone too. Which was what I wanted. But I was expecting to see Run as Administrator replace Take Ownership.

Thank you, it worked.

In addition to the solution above, one option which is not well known is the SHIFT-Right Click on an executable file - This will bring up the "Run as another user" option which may be used to run at higher user rights if you have another admin account available or Lower rights (which is useful for troubleshooting)

I have lost "Run as administrator" from my right-click context menu. I have searched and searched for an answer and found this. What I am most interested in is the registry key file bansh attached. Will that put the RunAs back into the registry? I don't know why it disappeared. I don't know what to check for in the Registry to make sure that is even where the problem is. I am searching for help. If you can help me please respond. OS is Vista Home Premium SP2

I wish you luck with the solutions presented.

I had much the same problem months ago and was only able to restore the Run as Admin capability by doing a Repair Install. There is a tutorial in the Installations section on how to do that -- but you will need Windows 7 installation media to do that.

Try the following .reg file - I just exported it from my own registry. It'll only work for .exe files but I'm assuming that's where the problem lies to begin with.

Before I go ahead with this key, I want to make sure you are aware that I don't run Windows 7. I have Vista Home Premium SP2. Also, there is one thing I forgot to mention before. If I right-click anything which appears in my Start menu, or most things under All Programs there, the "Run as administrator command" still appears in the context menu. Example: I right clicked Jarte from Start/All Programs and the command was there. However, I went into C/Program Files and right clicked Jarte and the command is not there. If I click the shortcut on my desktop it is not there. In the past, I have used that command a lot with games from Shockwave. Sometimes a game will not open and play unless you "Run as administrator." I can still get to this command by going through Properties/Compatibility -- but it no longer appears in my right-click context menu.

I whipped up this tutorial below to help make it easier to either remove or restore Run as administrator from the context menu of the default BAT, CMD, CPL, EXE, and MSC application files for all users in Windows 7.

Run as Administrator - Add or Remove from Context Menu in Windows 7

Hope this helps,
Shawn

I need to hear from Corazon and Brink. Will this work on Vista?