Win11 Can't start Device Manager as Administrator in Win+x menu, can in Win10; intentional?

Question

Background: Main / local account is 'Standard', and a separate Administrator account is enabled with password, for admin tasks. UAC is set to 'Max'.

Win+x opens the Power User Menu, of which Device Manager can be accessed.

• In Win10, if you hold Ctrl+Shift when you click Device manager, it starts as Administrator.
• In Win11, Ctrl-Shift doesn't work, and you can't run as Administrator.

Workaround: To run Device Manager as Administrator, either:

• Start an elevated command prompt (Win+R, cmd, Ctrl-Shift-Enter), then run devmgmt.msc
• Start directly (Win+R, devmgmt.msc, Ctrl-Shift-Enter)

It is a massive issue for us because all our client machine logins are now mandated to be 'Standard' (non-Administrator) users, and we still need to be able to do Admin tasks easily.

This is a major productivity killer. Is it intentional, and if so why, and can it be overridden? Is it a design philosophy change in Win11?

Thanks.

[posted on elevenforum.com and answers.microsoft.com, no solutions there]

Answer 1

The links that were posted opened the websites but did not open the threads.

Please post links that open directly the threads on each elevenforum and microsoft answers.

If task manager is an option:

Ctrl + alt + del > File > run new task > devmgmt.msc > Create this task with administrative privileges

These are many shortcuts for Windows 10 and 11:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/31758-keyboard-shortcuts-windows-10-a.html

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts-in-windows-11.2253/

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Answer 2

Bump. Any Windows devs here that may have been involved in this change, or have access to people who may? Nobody seems to know anything about it.
Thanks.

For the record, the posts on other sites are:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_11-security/win11-cant-start-device-manager-as-administrator/8f1288f8-1433-41c6-8419-f76ad6cce1d6
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/win11-cant-start-device-manager-as-administrator-in-win-x-menu-can-in-win10.4379/
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/administrator-elevation-one-of-win11s-most-disruptive-changes.4704/

Answer 3

I have the same issue.

As a non-admin user:
* Win-X -> Windows terminal (admin)
* Enter another credential that is local admin in the UAC popup
* Blue error message:
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