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Doug Kimzey
Doug Kimzey

Reputation: 1174

Cannot run InstallShield application as administrator on Windows 7

I have installed InstallShield while logged it as the Administrator on Windows 7. "Run as Administrator" is missing from the right-click pop-up menu for InstallShield but is there for Visual Studio and other applications.

Is there a workaround for this issue?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1217

Answers (2)

Doug Kimzey
Doug Kimzey

Reputation: 1174

The problem was: In Windows 7 Ultimate, some application short have the "Run as Administrator" item in their context-menus and other applications do not.

"Run as Administrator" is required to use the "Download Selected Item" or "Download all items..." menu items on the Redistributables page in InstallShield.

This is the solution that seemed to work for me:

  1. Right-click the shortcut on your desktop.
  2. Click the "Troubleshoot Compatibility" item from the context menu.
  3. After "Detecting issues" has run, select the "Troubleshoot program" option.
  4. Check the "The program requires additional permissions" item and click the "Next" button.
  5. Click "Start the program..." and check the functionality.
  6. If satisfied click "Next" on "Program Compatibility" dialog.
  7. Click the "Yes, save these settings for this program."

If there are alternative solutions, would you share them?

Upvotes: 1

Bogdan Mitrache
Bogdan Mitrache

Reputation: 10993

Applications that contain certain keys words are prevented from pinning by the OS. Here is another discussion about this limitation.

Upvotes: 1

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