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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 881425" data-attributes="member: 32260">I would like to mention the difference in using CMD or PowerShell as Administrator on Windows 8+ with H_C beta 5.1.1.1 as compared to the stable ver. 5.0.0.0. If the user wants to run something as Administrator (force Administrator privileges), then he/she has to choose &quot;Keep &#039;Run as administrator&#039;&quot; when applying the Recommended Settings or set &lt;Hide &#039;Run As Administrator&#039;&gt; = OFF.This follows from the fact that in the new H_C beta, the &quot;Install By SmartScreen&quot; entry in the right-click Explorer context menu can install/run applications with standard rights, so it will also run CMD or PowerShell with standard rights. Such a situation is present in Recommended Settings. It is related to the setting &lt;More SRP ...&gt;&lt;Update Mode&gt; = ON.Shortly (in beta 5.1.1.1):<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Recommended Settings ---&gt; &quot;Install By SmartScreen&quot; cannot force Admin rights, because &lt;More SRP ...&gt;&lt;Update Mode&gt; = ON</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Strict Recommended Settings ---&gt;&nbsp; &quot;Install By SmartScreen&quot; forces Admin rights, because &lt;More SRP ...&gt;&lt;Update Mode&gt; = OFF</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Basic Recommended Settings ---&gt; &quot;Run By SmartScreen&quot; entry is used, which never forces Admin rights independently of other settings.</li>
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[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 881425, member: 32260"] [B]I would like to mention the difference in using CMD or PowerShell as Administrator on Windows 8+ with H_C beta 5.1.1.1 as compared to the stable ver. 5.0.0.0. If the user wants to run something as Administrator (force Administrator privileges), then he/she has to choose "Keep 'Run as administrator'" when applying the Recommended Settings or set <Hide 'Run As Administrator'> = OFF.[/B] This follows from the fact that in the new H_C beta, the "Install By SmartScreen" entry in the right-click Explorer context menu can install/run applications with standard rights, so it will also run CMD or PowerShell with standard rights. Such a situation is present in Recommended Settings. It is related to the setting <More SRP ...><Update Mode> = ON. Shortly (in beta 5.1.1.1): [LIST=1] [*]Recommended Settings ---> "Install By SmartScreen" cannot force Admin rights, because <More SRP ...><Update Mode> = ON [*]Strict Recommended Settings ---> "Install By SmartScreen" forces Admin rights, because <More SRP ...><Update Mode> = OFF [*]Basic Recommended Settings ---> "Run By SmartScreen" entry is used, which never forces Admin rights independently of other settings. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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