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My account in Windows 7 is an administrator account. When I open the Run box (WinKey + R), I am warned, "This task will be created with administrative privileges."

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Is there any way to run programs as myself, but without administrative privileges when logged in as an administrator?

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While one could argue you're doing things somewhat backwards, if you insist, you could look at:

DropMyRights

Process Explorer/Psexec

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Yes.

Turn UAC back on!

Technically, the program will still run under the context of your account, but UAC will prevent system wide changes without authentication first.

The only other option is to create shortcuts and then right click, and choose Run as different user then choose an account which does not have administration rights. enter image description here

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In general, I prefer UAC to be off, since I do a ton of development work where UAC would get in the way. But a web browser, for example, I would want to run unprivileged, to minimize the risk of getting hit by browser exploits. – kpozin Feb 8 '11 at 14:45
UAC shouldn't get in the way of development if done correctly.... What sort of problems do you actually have? (Only problems I have is during setup/patching) – William Hilsum Feb 8 '11 at 15:08
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You need to do 2 things:

  1. Turn on User Account Control by going to Control Panel -> User Accounts and Family Safety -> User Accounts. Click on Change User Account Control settings and Select the Default level and click OK.

  2. Restart your computer.

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