I'm trying to launch a game called Wardogs with administrator privileges, but the "Run as administrator" option doesn't appear when I right-click it or open it from search. I'm already using the main account on this PC and believe it should have administrator access. Is there another way to verify or enable administrator privileges without resetting Windows, such as using Command Prompt?
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Open Command Prompt and run `whoami` to check the account name. If the account really needs to be added to the local Administrators group, you can use `net localgroup administrators "USERNAME" /add`, replacing `USERNAME` with the result from `whoami`. However, if this is the only account on the computer, it is probably already an administrator.
The main account on a typical personal Windows installation is usually already an administrator, so promoting it again probably won’t help. The missing option may be related to how the game was installed or launched. Try locating the game’s actual `.exe` file in File Explorer, then right-click that file directly; the administrator option may not appear for a shortcut, search result, or launcher entry. You can also open an elevated Command Prompt and start the executable from there.
I was assuming the account needed to be promoted, but checking the actual executable makes more sense since the account already has administrator access.
That confirms I’m already an administrator. My actual problem is that Wardogs doesn’t show a “Run as administrator” option, even when I find it through Windows Search.