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    • Nicholas Piazza
      Nicholas Piazza last edited by

      With standard Windows Notepad, I can right-click the application and run it as an administrator in order to edit files in the Windows System folders like “Program Files (x86)”. Is there a way to run Notepad++ as an Administrator? If not, I would like to make that a suggestion for a future version.

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      • Alan Kilborn
        Alan Kilborn @Nicholas Piazza last edited by

        @Nicholas-Piazza said in Run Notepad++ As Administrator?:

        With standard Windows Notepad, I can right-click the application and run it as an administrator

        And is something preventing you from doing the exact same thing with Notepad++ ?

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        • Nicholas Piazza
          Nicholas Piazza last edited by

          When I right-click on the Notepad++ icon in the taskbar I get the following popup.
          npplus.png

          There is nothing there about running as administrator.

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          • PeterJones
            PeterJones @Nicholas Piazza last edited by

            @Nicholas-Piazza ,

            Run As Administrator is a Windows feature, not a Notepad++ feature.

            Articles like https://www.windowscentral.com/how-run-app-administrator-windows-10 show around 10 different way of running an executable as Admin. Have you tried them all?

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            • Nicholas Piazza
              Nicholas Piazza last edited by

              OK, I can do it by launching Notepad++ from File Explorer. It’s just not as convenient as doing it from the icon in my taskbar. Thanks for the info.

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              • PeterJones
                PeterJones @Nicholas Piazza last edited by

                @Nicholas-Piazza said in Run Notepad++ As Administrator?:

                OK, I can do it by launching Notepad++ from File Explorer. It’s just not as convenient as doing it from the icon in my taskbar. Thanks for the info.

                Oh, I just tried the taskbar, since I thought it should work: you have to go another level deep: After you’ve right-clicked on the Notepad++ icon on the taskbar, Right Click on the Notepad++ entry, and you’ll get the Run as administrator in a second popup window.

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