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Elevate a running program to administrator (Windows 7)
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Mar 15, 202616157 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Sometimes you may open a program that you want to run as an administrator, but you may already have opened it not as an administrator. Is it possible to elevate the privileges of an already running program in Windows 7 or do I have to close and restart as admin?
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Unfortunately, no. A running process cannot be elevated to administrator privileges. I'm looking for a more authoritative source, but for now I have found: "Programs can't be elevated once they've already been launched..." "Code can only be elevated…
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