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So, finally, about 8 months after I had my laptop upgraded from 2 to 4 GB of memory, I found the time to install Vista 64-bit. Finally the 4th gig will be used too.

This time, as opposed to last time, I decided to keep UAC enabled. Now, there are of course some applications I always want to run as an Administrator. The fist one I encountered, not very surprisingly, was Visual Studio.

Luckily, there's this very simple trick in Vista, that allows you to always run an application as an Administrator:

  • Open Explorer and browse to the executable file for the application
  • Right click the executable en choose Properties
  • Click on the Compatibility tab
  • Check the "Run this program as an administrator" checkbox:

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You will get prompted for consent on running the application elevated, but I'm happy.

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Posted Sat, Nov 1 2008 14:02 by Stefan Kamphuis
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