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

Shaun this tut is great. I am not a beginner but I do not know how to determine the hex number after "@=hex(2)" in the file Restore_Run_as_administrator.reg
I would like to add the extensions JPG, DOC, DOCX, RAR & ZIP, how do I determine the hex numbers for these?
I noticed these lines were different for EXE, is this the only case or are there others that are similar

Hello execcese, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Unfortunately, adding "Run as administrator" to those file types' context menu would be pointless since they are not application type files and would not work.

Thanks for your reply Brink. Sorry I just did not have that knowledge. I'll just have to "Switch User" (Win7) to Administrator
For those who have not got the option here is how I do it in Win7.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/507-built-administrator-account-enable-disable.html
Now, just select Administrator to log in as Administrator.

With regards to my previous reply you may have to use the file Properties then Security tab to enable permissions for the Administrator.
With regards to my original query. When I double click on a JPG file it opens in Irfan View because that is what I have set "Open with" to in Properties. Are you saying adding "Run as administrator" to the context menu cannot be done or it will not work?

execcese,

"Run as administrator" can only be used on executable application files. A JPG is an image file and not an application type file.

For what you want, you could use OPTION FIVE in the tutorial below to set the .exe file of Irfan View to always Run this program as an administrator. This way when you open the JPG file, it will open with an elevated (run as administrator) Irfan View.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11841-run-administrator.html

Many thanks Brink for this useful information.

You're most welcome execcese.

hey thnks .. the file "restore run as adm .." is excellent ..!!

I realize this post is quite old, but wanted to 'fix' the erroneous assumption that this only works for certain types. It's not actually 'executing' the file you're trying to 'open'. It's executing the program used to view/use/edit the file as an admin. So yes it can work for ANY file type. I was looking to see if someone had made a program that can do this instead of having to manually go through and add the necessary reg entries, and stumbled on this post. Just wanted to clear that up.

check running status? (eg is notepad running as admin)

slundy99 said:

I realize this post is quite old, but wanted to 'fix' the erroneous assumption that this only works for certain types. It's not actually 'executing' the file you're trying to 'open'. It's executing the program used to view/use/edit the file as an admin. So yes it can work for ANY file type. I was looking to see if someone had made a program that can do this instead of having to manually go through and add the necessary reg entries, and stumbled on this post. Just wanted to clear that up.

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like brink said?

for everyone like me that just wanted to know how, the reg removes the offending runas subkeys
from the related filetypes...

; For .bat file extention
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\runas]


; For .cmd file extention
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cmdfile\shell\runas]


; For .cpl file extention
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cplfile\shell\runas]


; For .exe file extention
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas]


; For .msc file extention
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mscfile\shell\RunAs]

I used to have some option to always run as admin, not sure if currently implemented.. can we test this, maybe by a flag in taskman, or a cmd, to see the active privileges? (if yes, HOW?!)

On a sidenote, does anyone know if a custom stringLabel can be added for shellextension context-menu entries?

I've analysed the shex for NVIDIA (I'd like to change the "Run with gfx" option to "Run with GFX")
I've looked at the dll and it's exported methods, and searched {a copy of} nvui.dll for the string "run ", but nothing is found.


grrr :banghead:

why I can not download the reg files

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when I click download button, this page shows.

xiaopeng said:

why I can not download the reg files

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when I click download button, this page shows.

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Hello, and welcome to Seven Forums.

It looks like you were not logged in to the site at the time you tried to download.

Are you able to now?