Always Run Application in Administrator Mode in Windows 7

Sometime last month, I was debugging a web application using Visual Studio 2008 where I have to test it using local IIS. During debugging mode on a Windows 7 machine, a strange error keep on appearing saying that I don't have enough right to view the web page. After all the tweaks I performed on the IIS side the problem did not disappear. I was to put the blame on my Visual Studio when the correct solution hit me, I was not running my IDE on administrator mode. In Windows 7 and Vista, Most utilities need to be run as administrator in order to function properly specially those app that haven’t been updated to support Windows 7 or Vista yet.


To make your application always start in Administrator Mode, you have to modify the shortcut properties. Here's how.

1. Locate the shortcut of the application you want to run as Administrator then click the "Advanced..." button.



2. From the Advanced Properties, check the box with label of "Run as administrator".

This Tip works on Windows 7 and Vista.


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