How do I make it so that all executables can run as administrator?
I'm trying to install Angry Birds on my Windows 7 PC. During installation, it shows an error that it can't be installed becaus i don't have administrator privileges, but I do have those.
When I right click on the installer I see the option to run as administrator and it works. How can I make the default so that all executables will run as administrator?
Solution 1:
Don't do it. Installers will usually report requiring elevation anyway. If they don't, Windows will probably ask whether the installation succeeded and give you an option to redo the process with elevation.
For incidental use, take half a second to right-click and run as admin, or type the executable's name in the start menu's search, then hit Ctrl-Shift-Enter
. Elevate an already running program by clicking its icon in the taskbar holding Ctrl-Shift
. Change the compatibility properties of a shortcut if a frequently run program always requires administrative rights. Suppress warning messages by turning off UAC if you're doing administrative stuff for a prolonged period, or log in using the Administrator account.
Don't do this by default. It might not answer your question, but it's good advice. As others have rightfully mentioned in caps and bold face, it is a major security issue, and I very much suspect anyone who is even close to capable of handling it, would know how to get elevation by default.
You will suffer all kinds of problems, even if you would never cause one yourself. Automated attacks are common and restricting an application's rights is a very effective way of keeping attackers out. Most computer owners I know who threw this security layer out the door had several botnets competing for CPU time.
Solution 2:
You can configure a single application to always run as Administrator.
I don't know of a way to automatically run all applications as Administrator and I highly doubt it exists.
Requiring the user to specifically elevate privileges of an application was a major change introduced in Vista (to my knowledge). Reverting this would be a major security issue.
That being said, if you really don't care and just want to do it, then just enable the Administrator account itself and start using that.
Solution 3:
There is no known way to make every application automatically start as an administrator. You are limited to individually editing the shortcut for each application you want to start as an admin. However, there is a way to designate individual applications start as an admin for every use that logs into the PC.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff431742.aspx