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Windows 10 Pro - can't run notepad as admin

Anonymous
2019-03-01T14:01:43+00:00

I am an administrator and it won't let me run notepad as administrator.  No option to pick it. 

This is a brand new installation of Windows 10 Pro after adding a new harddrive.

Thanks for your help...

Sue

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-03-02T06:44:07+00:00

    The option is definitely in Win 10, version 1809. Probably it's been there a while (but I never had occasion to look). Did you ask Cortana (or a search box) for it, then right-click the best match? Or open the additional choices by clicking the Expand icon (under Open)?

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-03-01T14:29:53+00:00

    Angel, I did all your steps.  It did not help. ::(

    Sue

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  3. DaveM121 872.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2019-03-01T14:39:21+00:00

    Hi Susann

    On your Start Menu, in the alphabetical list of installed Apps, go to Windows Accessories, then right click Notepad and choose More - Run as Administrator

    May I ask why you need to run Notepad as Administrator, are you having difficulty with Notepad ?

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-03-01T14:10:11+00:00

    Hi SusannBee,

    I'm Stefano an Independent Advisor, here to help you.

    Please follow this procedure, to make sure every filesystem is good:

    1. Type "cmd" in windows search bar
    2. Right click on "Command Prompt"
    3. Select "Run as Administrator"
    4. Type "sfc /scannow" without quote and press ENTER

    Then :

    1. Type "cmd" in windows search bar
    2. Right click on "Command Prompt"
    3. Select "Run as Administrator"
    4. Type "DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth" without quote and press ENTER
    5. Type "DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth" without quote and press ENTER
    6. Type "DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth" without quote and press ENTER

    You can also perform a clean boot, if you had installed different programs:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929135...

    Please let me know if that fix your issue.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-03-01T14:09:22+00:00

    Hi,

    My name is Angel. I am an Independent Advisor. Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

    Please try below methods and check if it helps.

    Method 1:

    Open the Task manager. Here's a tip: Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc.

    Click File > Run New Task.

    Make sure you have a check mark beside "Create this task with administrative privileges".

    Type CMD.

    Type the following 4 commands at the CMD prompt:

    1. dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

2. sfc /scannow

3. powershell

4. Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$\_.InstallLocation -like "\*SystemApps\*"} | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($\_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

    Close the CMD window.

    Method 2: Create new user account and check if it helps.

    1. Go to Settings.

2. Click on Accounts.

3. Click on Your account.

4. Click on Add a Microsoft account.

    Follow the instruction.

    Hope the information provided is useful. If the issue persists, reply here and we will be glad to help you.

    Angel.

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