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I've got a right-click explorer menu that allows me to open a file in Notepad++, which works pretty good. Very convenient. It takes a small registry hack (HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*\shell), but no worries... unless the file is in a protected folder requiring Admin access to write.
Is there a way to make a registry hack that allows me to right-click on a file and see an option to open the file in Notepad (I can figger out Notepad++) under administrative privileges? It's OK if I get prompted for the elevation confirmation, I just want to right click on the file and be able to edit it.
Jeremy Holovacs
Posted 2011-10-19T17:10:37.253
Reputation: 121
There is a reason that programs are no longer run as admin by default: if anything goes wrong (bug, user error, etc.), you want to limit the damage. In general, it is a bad idea to run anything as admin unless it is ABSOLUTELY necessary. Just save a copy somewhere else, and move that to the protected location when you are done. A bit of a hassle, yes, but it could potentially avoid a much larger problem later on down the road. That is my two cents. If you really want to do it anyway, just remember that I warned you. – None – 2012-12-17T00:28:54.850
I get that; I do. But on some right-click options, it marks it as an administrative privilege-using task. You have to allow it to run under elevated permissions. I want to do the same thing for a custom task that I created. – Jeremy Holovacs – 2012-12-19T12:45:33.337