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If you are using Windows 10 as an advanced user, it is important that you have administrator privileges. Otherwise, you will be constantly prevented from making changes to certain settings and accessing other resources. Well, the concept of rights and roles in Windows 10 is a complex topic and needs to be described in a separate article. You can read about permissions and roles in Windows 10 here. You may need administrator rights to fully use the options and settings offered through the Control Panel. This option only applies to users who are not already members of the Administrator group.
This article explains two different methods to access Control Panel as an administrator. Before you continue, make sure you are using a standard or advanced user account. However, before you begin, you should be aware of the implications of switching to an administrator account. You should keep in mind that you are giving this user full control over your PC. This includes the ability to view and interact with other administrators’ files, install authorized programs (including malware), bypass blocking software, or wipe the PC entirely.
How to run Control Panel as administrator on Windows 11 PC
Run Control Panel as administrator using a shortcut
A decent way to launch Control Panel with administrative privileges is to create a dedicated shortcut to always run as administrator. Follow the guide below to do it.
- Right-click on the white space on your desktop, expand New, and then select Shortcut. In the Create Shortcut window, paste the following path for Control Panel into the text field, and then click Next:
- C:WindowsSystem32control.exe
- On the next page, enter the name of the shortcut and click Finish.
- The task is not finished yet. The shortcut has been created, but now you need to configure it to always run with administrative privileges. Right-click the shortcut and click Properties on the context menu.
- In the Properties window, switch to the Shortcut tab, and then click Advanced.
- Under Advanced Properties, check the box next to Run as administrator, and then click OK. You can now close all properties windows by clicking Apply and OK.
- Now you can simply run the newly created Control Panel shortcut and it will run with administrative rights. Any settings you couldn’t do before can now be done with the required privileges.
- You may experience a User Access Control (UAC) prompt when running Control Panel with administrative rights; click Yes.
Run Control Panel as administrator using command line
- This is another way to start the Control Panel as an administrator. We’d like to point out one key difference with this method: you’ll be starting it not only with administrative privileges, but also as the built-in Windows administrator account.
- This will be done using a “Run As” cmdlet at the command prompt which allows you to run certain programs and applications as another user account.
- To do this, open the command prompt. You do not need to run the command prompt as an administrator. Now modify the following command by replacing ComputerName with your computer name and then copy it to the command prompt.
- runas /user:ComputerNameAdministrator “Control.exe”
- You will then be prompted to provide the credentials for the built-in administrator account. Write the. Note that the password may not appear to be being entered on the command line, but it will be.
- In the image above, an arrow indicates where the password for the local administrator account was entered and the Enter key button was pressed. So far, no output has been displayed on the command line .
- After entering the above command, Control Panel will start with administrative rights.
How to check if the user account has administrative privileges
- Make sure your account is not already a member of the Administrator group on your computer. If so, starting Control Panel with explicit administrative rights will not help. If you have a standard account, it may be worth starting it as an administrator and making any necessary changes.
- Follow the guide below to confirm which group(s) your user account belongs to:
- Open Run by pressing the Windows Key + R shortcut keys simultaneously and then type compmgmt.msc to launch the computer management console.
- In the console, expand Local Users and Groups from the left pane, click Users, and then double-click the user account in the right pane whose privileges you want to check.
- The properties window will not appear. Switch to the Members tab. There, you’ll see a list of the groups your account is a member of. If “Administrators” does not appear there, it means that your current account does not have the necessary privileges.
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