RunAsAdmin

Visual Studio extension to run Visual Studio as administrator

Installing

Visual Studio Marketplace

Github Releases

Open VSIX Gallery

Run Visual Studio as administrator

1. Install the RunAsAdmin extension
2. Go to Tools -> Options -> RunAsAdmin
3. Set Enabled to true
4. Restart Visual Studio

Run Visual Studio as normal user

1. Go to Tools -> Options -> RunAsAdmin
2. Set Enabled to false
3. Restart Visual Studio

Uninstalling the extension

When uninstalling the extension the current elevation mode will be preserved. If you have the extension Enabled in the options and uninstall it, Visual Studio will remain running as administrator. You have to use the RunAsAdmin options setting to enable or disable.

Disabling the extension

When disabling the extension from within the Visual Studio extensions dialog nothing will happen like with uninstalling the extension. You have to use the RunAsAdmin options setting to enable or disable.

Under the hood

The extension adds two registry entries at the following location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers\

One for the path to Visual Studio and one for the path to the Visual Studio Launcher. The value of the registry entries will be "RUNASADMIN" or "RUNASNORMAL"

Thanks

Cazzulino - How to get Visual Studio 2017 installation path

Rick van den Bosch - Running Visual Studio as an administrator causes ‘Save changes to devenv.sln’ when double clicking solutions