You can try turning on the User Account Control or clean up the Context Menu items change the Group Membership.

If you are one of these users facing this problem, then you’ve come to the right place as this post will guide you in fixing this issue.Īt the time of writing, it isn’t clear what the cause of the issue is but there are potential fixes you can try to fix the problem. Recently, a number of users reported that they were not able to use the “Run as administrator” context menu option when they tried using it or opening a program with administrator privilege.

What to do if Run as administrator is not working in Windows 10