"run as administrator" option greyed out- please help!

[Mr. Arnold]

Oh, one other thing, you are logged on to the computer with an Administrator
account I assume!

[JethroUK©]

You don't need to change any properties, you just need to log in as
administrator
Double-click the install.exe and it will install itself

[JethroUK©]

"NotMe" <cargodZeroOne@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OOmleT$9HHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
> Install the program somewhere other than Program Files and it works.

or give yourself 'full control' of the program files folder

[Not Me]

why should I have to mess with that?
it's defective programming as far as I am concerned.
I can break all kinds of things and call it security,
I can wrap a dog turd in a Baby Ruth wrapper, but that doesn't make it taste
any better...

[JethroUK©]

you shouldn't

but as a consequence of UAC you 'could'

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