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I have Visual Studio 2010, for instance, pinned to my taskbar. I have pinned a solution to it so I can just right-click the VS icon and then choose my solution to fire it up (e.g. from the Jumplist). However, this opens VS in non-administrator mode (which can't access the IIS metabase).

So I have to open VS first and then open my solution.

I know the pinned taskbar app shortcuts are stored at %APPDATA%\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar, but what about the files that are pinned to those shortcuts?

How can I make the solution shortcut (in Jumplist), which is pinned to the VS icon, open VS in administrator mode?

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techie007: not quite - that works fine, launching the pinned SLN is what is opening VS in non-admin mode. Thanks though. – Josh M. Oct 2 '12 at 12:01
Can you just go to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" and mark it to always launch as Administrator? – Ganesh R. Oct 2 '12 at 12:58
This is not a duplicate. Read my question and my comment(s) and you will see. I am not a newb - I already set VS to run as Administrator. The Jumplist is not honoring that. – Josh M. Oct 2 '12 at 13:08
@GaneshR.: I tried, but devenv.exe does not have a Compatibility tab. – Josh M. Oct 2 '12 at 13:08

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You need to make the whole of VS open as admin, to do so open explorer navigate to:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSEnv\VsLauncher.exe

Right click on it and switch to the properties tab and check the always Run this program as an administrator checkbox.

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Then click apply to save the setting.

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I did try to do that before on devenv.exe but there is no compatability tab in that case. I tried what you suggested on VSLauncher but it still opened in non-admin mode. – Josh M. Oct 2 '12 at 12:00
oh, i use this on my PC and it works fine. You are talking about opening files from explorer and jumplists right, like clicking on the .sln file ? – Taylor Gibb Oct 2 '12 at 12:20
Yes, from the Jumplist - sorry - added screenshot to question. – Josh M. Oct 2 '12 at 12:30
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@TaylorGibb Josh M. is using Windows 8. There is some changes in Windows 8 with the Compatibility tab I suppose. – Ganesh R. Oct 2 '12 at 12:57
i will check when i get home, as i am running Windows 8 there. – Taylor Gibb Oct 2 '12 at 13:01
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