September 8, 20205 yr Does anyone know a way to force the exe to run as admin every time, rather than having to right click it, run as administrator? I gained access to the area of files, right clicked on the exe and set it to be administrator, but each time the sim loads it doesnt launch as such. This is needed, because for me (and some others) its the only way live weather ever seems to work, or at least consistently. Thanks in advance Asus Strix z790-e; 1000 watt evga SuperNova Plat; 14900k AC_LL 0.55 adp -0.050 253/253/355 CEPoff (CB-1pass 39200 80c, msfs peak 92,avg 60-78c, astrorender 95c,room76F); 64GB(dual 32) cl32 6400 at 6400 xmpII F5-6400J3239G32GX2-TZ5RK, Asus Ryuo III 360mm; Thermaltake v51 Case; Gigabyte 4090 OC; VR-Crystal; Dofreality H6; Astrosite
September 8, 20205 yr The option to 'Run as Administrator' for the MSFS shortcut by right clicking is available. However the option under Properties > Shortcut > Advanced is greyed out. Most likely done on purpose by MS. Creating a shortcut of the shortcut is also greyed out. This seems to happen when a shortcut points to an object identifier rather than a directory path. I've done some research and haven't really seen a a solution yet that is simple. If I find something I will post here for you. Edited September 8, 20205 yr by Supamav
September 8, 20205 yr Can't you just access from the start menu, right-click MSFS2020, select More and then select Run as Admin? Mario Di Lauro
September 8, 20205 yr 17 minutes ago, tamsini said: Can't you just access from the start menu, right-click MSFS2020, select More and then select Run as Admin? Thats exactly how I did it
September 8, 20205 yr Author 32 minutes ago, tamsini said: Can't you just access from the start menu, right-click MSFS2020, select More and then select Run as Admin? Sure, but i cant tell you how many times i've forgotten and had to dig through task man to kill the process and start over. There needs to be a way to force it, hopefully. Asus Strix z790-e; 1000 watt evga SuperNova Plat; 14900k AC_LL 0.55 adp -0.050 253/253/355 CEPoff (CB-1pass 39200 80c, msfs peak 92,avg 60-78c, astrorender 95c,room76F); 64GB(dual 32) cl32 6400 at 6400 xmpII F5-6400J3239G32GX2-TZ5RK, Asus Ryuo III 360mm; Thermaltake v51 Case; Gigabyte 4090 OC; VR-Crystal; Dofreality H6; Astrosite
September 8, 20205 yr Commercial Member 30 minutes ago, tamsini said: Can't you just access from the start menu, right-click MSFS2020, select More and then select Run as Admin? Unless I missed something, I believe that is precisely what he stated he was trying to avoid. In other words, he is looking for an option to always have the startup run as Admin simply by clicking on the icon, like was done with past sims. He said: 2 hours ago, theskyisthelimit said: Does anyone know a way to force the exe to run as admin every time, rather than having to right click it, run as administrator? Dave Hodges System Specs: I9-13900KF, NVIDIA 4070TI, Quest 3, Multiple Displays, Lots of TERRIFIC friends, 3 cats, and a wonderfully stubborn wife.
September 8, 20205 yr 11 minutes ago, DaveCT2003 said: 2 hours ago, theskyisthelimit said: Does anyone know a way to force the exe to run as admin every time, rather than having to right click it, run as administrator? Oh boy! Talk about scanning a question instead of reading it. Sorry guys! Mario Di Lauro
September 8, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, theskyisthelimit said: Does anyone know a way to force the exe to run as admin every time, rather than having to right click it, run as administrator? I gained access to the area of files, right clicked on the exe and set it to be administrator, but each time the sim loads it doesnt launch as such. This is needed, because for me (and some others) its the only way live weather ever seems to work, or at least consistently. Thanks in advance C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_1.7.14.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe Try to go to this location. Inside you'll find flightsimulator.exe right click, properties, compatibility and check the 'run as admin'. Now you cant run it straight from the file but i think that the app shortcut will run it as admin anyway. MSFS2020, 24, Fenix A320, Ryzen 9 9950X3D, ASUS TUF RTX 5090 ,G.SKILL 64GB 6000MHz CL28
September 8, 20205 yr Author 4 minutes ago, roi1862 said: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_1.7.14.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe Try to go to this location. Inside you'll find flightsimulator.exe right click, properties, compatibility and check the 'run as admin'. Now you cant run it straight from the file but i think that the app shortcut will run it as admin anyway. Yeah that I did, but it doesnt prompt for elevation/didnt work from the tests I did anyway. Asus Strix z790-e; 1000 watt evga SuperNova Plat; 14900k AC_LL 0.55 adp -0.050 253/253/355 CEPoff (CB-1pass 39200 80c, msfs peak 92,avg 60-78c, astrorender 95c,room76F); 64GB(dual 32) cl32 6400 at 6400 xmpII F5-6400J3239G32GX2-TZ5RK, Asus Ryuo III 360mm; Thermaltake v51 Case; Gigabyte 4090 OC; VR-Crystal; Dofreality H6; Astrosite
September 8, 20205 yr Author 29 minutes ago, tamsini said: Oh boy! Talk about scanning a question instead of reading it. Sorry guys! No worries at all 🙂 Asus Strix z790-e; 1000 watt evga SuperNova Plat; 14900k AC_LL 0.55 adp -0.050 253/253/355 CEPoff (CB-1pass 39200 80c, msfs peak 92,avg 60-78c, astrorender 95c,room76F); 64GB(dual 32) cl32 6400 at 6400 xmpII F5-6400J3239G32GX2-TZ5RK, Asus Ryuo III 360mm; Thermaltake v51 Case; Gigabyte 4090 OC; VR-Crystal; Dofreality H6; Astrosite
September 8, 20205 yr I guess this also depends on if you have the Steam install. If so, it all seems to work as normal as far as the shortcut options. The MS Store install is all kinds of different and encrypted/protected, etc. It's the whole reason I purchased in Steam.
September 8, 20205 yr Author 1 minute ago, bahnzo said: I guess this also depends on if you have the Steam install. If so, it all seems to work as normal as far as the shortcut options. The MS Store install is all kinds of different and encrypted/protected, etc. It's the whole reason I purchased in Steam. I should have clarified, yeah i'm using the MS Store version. Asus Strix z790-e; 1000 watt evga SuperNova Plat; 14900k AC_LL 0.55 adp -0.050 253/253/355 CEPoff (CB-1pass 39200 80c, msfs peak 92,avg 60-78c, astrorender 95c,room76F); 64GB(dual 32) cl32 6400 at 6400 xmpII F5-6400J3239G32GX2-TZ5RK, Asus Ryuo III 360mm; Thermaltake v51 Case; Gigabyte 4090 OC; VR-Crystal; Dofreality H6; Astrosite
September 8, 20205 yr Commercial Member 1 hour ago, tamsini said: Oh boy! Talk about scanning a question instead of reading it. Sorry guys! No harm no foul brother! If I had a dollar/euro for every time I did that... I wrote that just to avoid others going down the wrong path. Been a long time since our posts have crossed paths, happy to see you again and I hope you are well my friend. Dave Hodges System Specs: I9-13900KF, NVIDIA 4070TI, Quest 3, Multiple Displays, Lots of TERRIFIC friends, 3 cats, and a wonderfully stubborn wife.
September 8, 20205 yr 37 minutes ago, DaveCT2003 said: Been a long time since our posts have crossed paths, happy to see you again and I hope you are well my friend. Thanks Dave - all is well is over here, at least as much as one can in this era of Covid. Mario Di Lauro
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