"Run as Administrator" context menu missing

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My "Run as Administrator" context menu missing when right-click the EXE
file, but appear when right-click some shortcuts, why? thank you.
 
It's been a while since this post so you may have found the solution to
your issue.
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Since it is OVER A YEAR OLD, you never even should have replied to it.
 
Which filetypes are you trying to add the option for? As a rule, all you
should have to do is go to the Registry, find the filetype and follow any
trail to locate the actual settings (Example: HKEY_Classes_Root\.exe
filetype is an exefile, so I proceed to HKEY\exefile, where the Open, Edit
commands, etc., are listed.) As a rule, you open the "shell" subkey, then
add a sub-key to that "shell" key named "runas", then a sub-key to that
named "command". Then look at the Open\Command key and copy the value(s)
from that key to the new Runas/Command key.

That works for most, but not all extensions. Use Find to locate keys named
"runas" to see more example.

This is the exefile section, for example:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile]
@="Application"
"EditFlags"=hex:38,07,00,00
"FriendlyTypeName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,\
00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,\
32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,\
00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,30,00,31,00,35,00,36,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon]
@="%1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open]
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"
"IsolatedCommand"="\"%1\" %*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"
"IsolatedCommand"="\"%1\" %*"
 
Just in case I need to mention the following. If the system is booted in
Administrative mode the it obviously will not show. Have seen this numerous times.
Not to say this is the case with you but just a small heads up since you said
Clients Computer
 
Not so on my machine, nor does the idea really gibe with the way the whole
thing is set up in the Registry. The structures are in the main, system-wide
"Local_Machine" hive. It would cost a lot of time and energy to make it all
behave differently just because you are logged on as Administrator or some
other User.

I'd be interested in hearing about any encounters you've had where the "Run
as Administrator" option disappeared just because you're logged on as
Administrator, but are all properly displayed if logged on as any other
User. I'd be interested in how it's done. Meanwhile, now that you mention
it, I'll be checking every system I touch for the next while, ;-)

--
Ronin

Peter Foldes said:
Just in case I need to mention the following. If the system is booted in
Administrative mode the it obviously will not show. Have seen this
numerous times. Not to say this is the case with you but just a small
heads up since you said Clients Computer
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