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I have written as small .cmd file to be executed as an administrator. I am trying to set its options as 'Run as Administrator' but the check box is not accessible.

Run As Administrator

Why? How to solve this issue? I am administrator on my PC (Windows 7).

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Create a Shortcut to the .CMD you want to launch (Right-click-->Create Shortcut, or drag-drop with Alt pressed)

Go into the shortcut's Properties-->Shortcut Tab-->Advanced-->Check-mark Run as Administrator

Then launch with the Shortcut instead.

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Thanks. It did the trick. For the records: I had to create a 'set location=C:/Users/etc...' variable in my .cmd and use it with each command to make it work. – JVerstry Sep 21 '11 at 19:47
Glad it worked. Have you considered setting the environment variable permanently instead? Check out SetX, and/or this question: how to set path environment variable amongst others, for some info on that. :) – techie007 Sep 21 '11 at 20:02
The thing is that I may need to modify it in the future and it is only used in the .cmd. It's not really necessary to make it global (in my case). – JVerstry Sep 21 '11 at 20:27
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runas might come to some use for you

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Keep in mind runas only elevates commands if you use the builtin Admin account's credentials and you have autoapproval mode on. Otherwise this will fail due to UAC. – surfasb Sep 21 '11 at 21:35

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