How can I avoid Run as Administrator every time in windows machine

Question

For editing the JSP files in the c: I have to run notepad and command prompt Run as Administrator every time. I am using windows 7 and only one user in the system. Can't I login to the system as administrator?

Answer 1

Maybe, this will help:

To mark an application to always run as an administrator, do the following:

1. On the Start menu, locate the program that you want to always run as an administrator.
2. Right-click the application’s shortcut, and then click Properties.
3. In the Properties dialog box, click the Compatibility tab.
4. Do one of the following:

    To apply the setting to the currently logged-on user, 
        select the Run This Program As An Administrator check box, and then click OK.
    To apply the setting to all users on the computer and 
        regardless of which shortcut is used to start the application, 
        click Change Setting For All Users to display the Properties dialog box for the application’s .exe file, 
        select the Run This Program As An Administrator check box, and then click OK twice.

Update

You have to first open C:\windows\explorer.exe as Administrator. Then browse to this location: C:\Windows\System32\. Then right click Notepad.exe and change properties. Do the same for command prompt at location `C:\WINDOWS\system32\'.

Answer 2

You should be able to run everything as admin by logging on as admin, and turning off UAC.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-vista/Turn-User-Account-Control-on-or-off

Answer 3

It sounds like you placed the .jsp files in a location where standard user accounts don't have write access by default. This includes the root of the C: drive... standard user accounts no longer have write access to the root C:\ folder. This has been true since Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

People have gotten away with it for a long time since then because so many run as an administrator account all the time, and so were able to write files to the C:\ folder anyway. Starting with Windows Vista, you know longer have administrator rights by default... even when logged in as the administrator account. Instead, to use your Administrator privileges you must use the "Run as Administrator" option on the context menu.

To get around your file editing problem, you can change the security permissions on specific folders where your *.jsp files live to allow your specific user account to have write access to that folder. You probably should not do this to the entire C: drive. Instead, move the jsp files to a folder you can use.