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I'm using Windows 10 and whenever I run PowerShell, I almost exclusively need to run it in Administrator mode, however the taskbar shortcut only seems to enable this by right-clicking on the icon and selecting Run as Administrator.

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Is there a way to make the shortcut itself simply run as Administrator?

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    While it's not what you've requested, you could switch Command Prompt to PowerShell in "Taskbar Properties" (right-click on the taskbar) and then use [Win+X, A] key sequence to run PowerShell as admin (the A key may depend on locale).
    – rykien
    May 1, 2016 at 18:52

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Yes, there is:

  1. Right-click the shortcut, then right-click Windows PowerShell and select Properties
  2. Click the Advanced button (on the Shortcut tab) and check Run as administrator
  3. Click OK twice.

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    Is the same possible for any other app? When I'm right-clicking my VS2017 taskbar shortcut, there is no Properties option. I'm using Win 10 1809 17763.194.
    – Alexander Abakumov
    Dec 27, 2018 at 16:15
  • @AlexanderAbakumov: Try using Shift + Right Click and make sure that the application is not running.
    – marco
    May 24, 2022 at 7:03

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