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How to Add an 'Open with Notepad as Administrator' Shortcut to

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Method 1of 2:

Install

  1. How to Add an 'Open with Notepad as Administrator' Shortcut to — contextual image 1 Open Notepad by going to Start ? All Programs ? Accessories ? Notepad.
  2. Copy codes given below and paste them in Notepad.
[version] signature="$CHICAGO$" [NotepadAsAdminInstall] CopyFiles = NotepadAsAdmin. Files. Inf AddReg = NotepadAsAdmin. AddReg [DefaultInstall] CopyFiles = NotepadAsAdmin. Files. Inf AddReg = NotepadAsAdmin. AddReg [DefaultUnInstall] DelFiles = NotepadAsAdmin. Files. Inf DelReg = NotepadAsAdmin. DelReg [SourceDisksNames] 55="Notepad as Admin","",1 [SourceDisksFiles] NotepadAsAdmin. INF=55 [DestinationDirs] NotepadAsAdmin. Files. Inf = 17 [NotepadAsAdmin. Files. Inf] NotepadAsAdmin. INF [NotepadAsAdmin. AddReg] HKLM,%UDHERE%,DisplayName,,"%NotepadAsAdminName%" HKLM,%UDHERE%,UninstallString,,"rundll32.exe syssetup.dll, SetupInfObjectInstallAction DefaultUninstall 132 %17%NotepadAsAdmin.inf" HKCR,*Shellrunas,,,"%NotepadAsAdminAccel%" HKCR,*Shellrunascommand,,,"%11%notepad.exe ""%1""" [NotepadAsAdmin. DelReg] HKLM,%UDHERE% HKCR,DirectoryShellrunas HKCR,DriveShellrunas [Strings] NotepadAsAdminName="Notepad as Admin PowerToy (Uninstall only)" NotepadAsAdminAccel="Notepad as Admin" UDHERE="SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallNotepadAsAdmin"

How to Add an 'Open with Notepad as Administrator' Shortcut to — contextual image 2

  1. How to Add an 'Open with Notepad as Administrator' Shortcut to — contextual image 3 In Notepad, go to File ? Save As. .. and save the file with name NotepadAsAdmin.inf . Be sure to change the Save as Type: from Text Documents to All Files .
  2. How to Add an 'Open with Notepad as Administrator' Shortcut to — contextual image 4 Go to the location where you just saved the "NotepadAsAdmin.inf" file. Right click on the file and click on "Install" from context menu.
  3. To try it, right-click on any file in Windows Explorer and you will see a new menu item called "Notepad as Admin". Click on that option and that file will be opened in Notepad.

How to Add an 'Open with Notepad as Administrator' Shortcut to — contextual image 5Method 2of 2:

Uninstall

  1. How to Add an 'Open with Notepad as Administrator' Shortcut to — contextual image 6 Go to Start ? Control Panel ? Add or Remove Programs.
  2. How to Add an 'Open with Notepad as Administrator' Shortcut to — contextual image 7 Click on the Remove for Notepad as Admin PowerToy (Uninstall only) entry.

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