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Reputation: 11319

How do I run Visual Studio as an administrator by default?

I recently discovered that even while logged into my personal laptop as an administrator, Visual Studio does not run in administrator mode and you need to explicitly use Run As Administrator.

Is there a way to make it run as an administrator by default, other than creating a shortcut, etc.?

Upvotes: 581

Answers (19)

Hefaistos68

Reputation: 429

Adding one more solution that doesn't require modifying the app link, works for enterprise and standalone machines, with or without UAC, and best of all - it works on a per-solution or per-project basis.

VSLauncherX A (open source) tool that serves as a launcher for Visual Studio and can be configured for each solution or project independently. Supports specific VS version per solution, multi monitor, launching multiple VS instances at once, admin mode, pre- and post-launch commands, GIT status and much more.

Upvotes: 0

Alper Ebicoglu

Reputation: 9614

To open Visual Studio or Rider, always in admin mode, follow the steps below (works for WINDOWS 11) It works even if you double-click a *.sln file to open.

Upvotes: 11

hamid reza mansouri

Reputation: 11313

Copied and pasted from here, the Using Advanced Properties section. This will allow you to always have the program run as an administrator when you open it.

Right click on the shortcut of the program, then click on Properties.
Click on the Shortcut tab for a program shortcut, then click on the Advanced button.
Check the 'Run as administrator' box, and click on OK.
Click on OK.
Open the program.
If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes to apply permission to allow the program to run with full permission as an Administrator.

NOTE: If you are doing this is while logged in as standard user instead of an administrator, then you will need to provide the administrator's password before the program will run as administrator.

Upvotes: 981

Iron Mask

Reputation: 1

In addition to the above suggestion, to setup admin rights for Visual Studio, if you still get the following intermediate prompt; enter image description here

You will have also to click on Show more details or go to Control Panel Security and Maintenance and click on Change User Account Control Settings;

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and choose Never Notify:

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Upvotes: -1

Mohammad Hossein Amri

Reputation: 1985

1- either from start menu or when visual studio is open in the task bar, right click on the VS icon

2- in the context menu, right click again on the visual studio icon

3- left click on prorperties

4- choose advanced

5- choose Run as Administrator

click ok all the windows, close the visual studio and reopen again.

Upvotes: 25

Behzad Ebrahimi

Reputation: 1026

In Windows 10 do the following steps: - Download and install the 'Everything' application that locates files and folders by name instantly. - Find the 'devenv.exe' and locate it.

Right-click on 'devenv.exe' and select "Troubleshoot compatibility". Then select "Troubleshoot program". Then check "The program requires additional permissions". Then test the setting and save setting in next page.

Upvotes: 21

Tshilidzi Mudau

Reputation: 7869

Try the following steps on Windows 10:

Search for Visual Studio on the Start window and select "Open file location":
Select "Troubleshoot compatibility" :
Select "troubleshoot program":
- Raise permissions:
Select "Yes, save these settings for this program"
Select "Close"

Once that is done, Visual Studio should be running as administrator.

Upvotes: 262

Adeel Kamran

Reputation: 162

There are two ways to Run Visual Studio as Administrator:

1. Only 1 time: For this go to startup search bar, search for Visual studio 2017 or what ever version you have, then Right click on VS and Run as Administrator.

2. Permanent or Always: For this go to startup search bar, search for visual studio, right click to it and go to properties. In the properties click on advanced button and check the Run as Administrator check box and then click on ok.

Upvotes: 1

Scott 混合理论

Reputation: 2332

Right-click the icon, then click Properties. In the properties window, go to the Compatibility tab. There should be a checkbox labeled "Run this program as an administrator." Check that, then click OK. The next time you run the application from that shortcut, it will automatically run as the admin.

Upvotes: 4

Efe ÖZYER

Reputation: 411

One time fix :

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers]
"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\Common7\\IDE\\devenv.exe"="~ RUNASADMIN"

Upvotes: 14

Deblaton Jean-Philippe

Reputation: 11388

windows 8

there is no advanced tab anymore. So, to do it automatically, you need to follow the next steps :

-right click on the shortcut
-click on properties
-under the "Shortcut" tab, click on "Open File Location"
-then, right click on devenv.exe
-Troubleshoot compatibility
-Troubleshoot program
-Check "The program requires additional permissions"
-Then next, next next,...

Upvotes: 19

Jsen Fruge

Reputation: 579

Windows 10

Right click "Visual Studio" and select "Open file location
Right click "Visual Studio" and select "Properties"
Click "Advanced" and check "Run as administrator"

Upvotes: 45

Hadi Salehy

Reputation: 360

Follow these simple steps:

Right Click on "devenv.exe"
Click "Troubleshoot compatibility"
Click "Troubleshoot program" Check "The program requires additional permissions"
Click "Next"
Click "Test the program...". It should launch Visual Studio as Administrator
Click "Next"
Click "Yes, save these settings for this program"
Click "Close the troubleshooter"
Now the Visual Studio will always run as Administrator.

Upvotes: 22

Nate

Reputation: 13242

Applying this change will make it so that when you double click on a .sln file Visual Studio will not open. Also, you will not be able to drag and drop files into Visual Studio.

Follow the numbered instructions for each file in the bullited list. The paths are for a standard 64-bit install so you may have to adjust them for your system.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSEnv\VSLauncher.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
1. Right click on the file and select Properties
2. Select the Compatibility tab
3. Optional: Select Change settings for all users
4. Select Run this program as an administrator
5. Select Ok and close the dialog

Upvotes: 42

Mohm4z

Reputation: 9

For Windows 8

right click on the shortcut
click on properties
click on the "Shortcut" tab
click on Advanced

You will find Run As administrator (Checkbox)

Upvotes: 0

codingpirate

Reputation: 1414

Right click on icon --> Properties --> Advanced --> Check checkbox run as Administrator and everytime it will open under Admin Mode (Same for Windows 8)

Upvotes: 4

cameronjchurch

Reputation: 410

@Kumar

"W7 prompts everytime to run this program "devenv.exe" , anyway to get rid of that ?"

Yes. You can prevent Windows from prompting you by going to Control Panel/User Accounts/Change User Account Control settings and move the slider down.

Upvotes: -1