Windows Media Player

My WMP works only when I run it as administrator. Is there a way to
make it run as admin automatically so I don't have to right-click the
icon every time I want to use it. Incidentally, when I go to the exe
file and select properties, the run as admin option is not available -
it's greyed out.

TIA.
--
Tony Vella
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

"Tony Vella" <> wrote in message news:...
> My WMP works only when I run it as administrator. Is there a way to
> make it run as admin automatically so I don't have to right-click the
> icon every time I want to use it. Incidentally, when I go to the exe
> file and select properties, the run as admin option is not available -
> it's greyed out.
>
> TIA.
> --
> Tony Vella
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Try right-clicking the shortcut's icon, not the exe, and selecting Properties >Advanced.
There's a 'Run as Administrator' box there.

On 25/01/2012 3:53 AM, Dave-UK wrote:
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> "Tony Vella" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> My WMP works only when I run it as administrator. Is there a way to
>> make it run as admin automatically so I don't have to right-click the
>> icon every time I want to use it. Incidentally, when I go to the exe
>> file and select properties, the run as admin option is not available -
>> it's greyed out.
>>
>> TIA.
>> --
>> Tony Vella
>> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
>
> Try right-clicking the shortcut's icon, not the exe, and selecting
> Properties >Advanced.
> There's a 'Run as Administrator' box there.

Properties > Security > highlight each line, examine permissions, and
make sure that appropriate permissions are checked for each user.

HTH
Wolf K.

On 25/01/2012 3:53 AM, Dave-UK wrote:
>
> "Tony Vella" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> My WMP works only when I run it as administrator. Is there a way to
>> make it run as admin automatically so I don't have to right-click the
>> icon every time I want to use it. Incidentally, when I go to the exe
>> file and select properties, the run as admin option is not available -
>> it's greyed out.
>>
>> TIA.
>> --
>> Tony Vella
>> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
>
> Try right-clicking the shortcut's icon, not the exe, and selecting
> Properties >Advanced.
> There's a 'Run as Administrator' box there.
>
>
>
>
Thanks, Dave. I did just that but still have to give my go-ahead every
time, it will not do it auto. I have also gone to properties-security
and I (and the administrator which is also me) have all the permissions
available. I guess it's just one of those annoyances one simply must get
used to.

Thanks again to all for posts and private help.
--
Tony Vella
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

"Tony Vella" <> wrote in message news:...
> On 25/01/2012 3:53 AM, Dave-UK wrote:
>>
>> "Tony Vella" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> My WMP works only when I run it as administrator. Is there a way to
>>> make it run as admin automatically so I don't have to right-click the
>>> icon every time I want to use it. Incidentally, when I go to the exe
>>> file and select properties, the run as admin option is not available -
>>> it's greyed out.
>>>
>>> TIA.
>>> --
>>> Tony Vella
>>> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
>>
>> Try right-clicking the shortcut's icon, not the exe, and selecting
>> Properties >Advanced.
>> There's a 'Run as Administrator' box there.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Thanks, Dave. I did just that but still have to give my go-ahead every
> time, it will not do it auto. I have also gone to properties-security
> and I (and the administrator which is also me) have all the permissions
> available. I guess it's just one of those annoyances one simply must get
> used to.
>
> Thanks again to all for posts and private help.
> --
> Tony Vella
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

There's something wrong somewhere. Perhaps you've installed a codec that Media
Player doesn't like or something. One thing you could try is to remove Media Player
and then re-install it :
Control Panel > Programs and Features
On the left pane 'Turn Windows features on or off'
Under Media Features you can deselect Media Player.

On 26/01/2012 12:17 PM, Dave-UK wrote:
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> "Tony Vella" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> On 25/01/2012 3:53 AM, Dave-UK wrote:
>>>
>>> "Tony Vella" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> My WMP works only when I run it as administrator. Is there a way to
>>>> make it run as admin automatically so I don't have to right-click the
>>>> icon every time I want to use it. Incidentally, when I go to the exe
>>>> file and select properties, the run as admin option is not available -
>>>> it's greyed out.
>>>>
>>>> TIA.
>>>> --
>>>> Tony Vella
>>>> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
>>>
>>> Try right-clicking the shortcut's icon, not the exe, and selecting
>>> Properties >Advanced.
>>> There's a 'Run as Administrator' box there.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks, Dave. I did just that but still have to give my go-ahead every
>> time, it will not do it auto. I have also gone to properties-security
>> and I (and the administrator which is also me) have all the
>> permissions available. I guess it's just one of those annoyances one
>> simply must get used to.
>>
>> Thanks again to all for posts and private help.
>> --
>> Tony Vella
>> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
>
> There's something wrong somewhere. Perhaps you've installed a codec that
> Media
> Player doesn't like or something. One thing you could try is to remove
> Media Player
> and then re-install it :
> Control Panel > Programs and Features
> On the left pane 'Turn Windows features on or off'
> Under Media Features you can deselect Media Player.
>
>
Hi Dave.

I wanted to touch base with you before (perhaps) making matters worse.
When I go to Control Panel > Programs and Features and deselect WMP I
get a message that Windows Media Center will also be removed because it
depends on WMP, and also that other programs (unnamed) could potentially
stop working if I went ahead and removed WMP. So I wanted your opinion
about this before I do anything else. Once again, my WMP works fine in
run-as-admin except that I have to tell it to run-as-admin every time I
use it. Should I perhaps leave well enough alone and learn to put up
with this minor inconvenience?

Thanks in advance.

--
Tony Vella
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

"Tony Vella" <> wrote in message news:...
>>
>>
> Hi Dave.
>
> I wanted to touch base with you before (perhaps) making matters worse.
> When I go to Control Panel > Programs and Features and deselect WMP I
> get a message that Windows Media Center will also be removed because it
> depends on WMP, and also that other programs (unnamed) could potentially
> stop working if I went ahead and removed WMP. So I wanted your opinion
> about this before I do anything else. Once again, my WMP works fine in
> run-as-admin except that I have to tell it to run-as-admin every time I
> use it. Should I perhaps leave well enough alone and learn to put up
> with this minor inconvenience?
>
> Thanks in advance.

If you have got any doubts then leave things as they are.
I normally run with UAC turned off so as a test I reset
the UAC setting back to the default and now I get a UAC
box popping up when I try and run WMP! And that's with the
shortcut set to run as admin as well, so now I'm not sure
if this is normal or not.
I'll have a Google around and If I find anything I'll
post back here.

"Dave-UK" <> wrote in message news:4f22c289$0$2341$c3e8da3$...
>
> "Tony Vella" <> wrote in message news:...
>>>
>>>
>> Hi Dave.
>>
>> I wanted to touch base with you before (perhaps) making matters worse.
>> When I go to Control Panel > Programs and Features and deselect WMP I
>> get a message that Windows Media Center will also be removed because it
>> depends on WMP, and also that other programs (unnamed) could potentially
>> stop working if I went ahead and removed WMP. So I wanted your opinion
>> about this before I do anything else. Once again, my WMP works fine in
>> run-as-admin except that I have to tell it to run-as-admin every time I
>> use it. Should I perhaps leave well enough alone and learn to put up
>> with this minor inconvenience?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>
> If you have got any doubts then leave things as they are.
> I normally run with UAC turned off so as a test I reset
> the UAC setting back to the default and now I get a UAC
> box popping up when I try and run WMP! And that's with the
> shortcut set to run as admin as well, so now I'm not sure
> if this is normal or not.
> I'll have a Google around and If I find anything I'll
> post back here.
>
>
>

After fiddling about with shortcuts and UAC settings I am
now confused. This is what happens on my machine with UAC on:

Double-clicking wmplayer.exe - No UAC box.
Right-clicking wmplayer.exe 'run as admin' - UAC box appears.
Right-clicking wmplayer.exe selecting 'Open' - No UAC box.

Shortcut with 'Run as admin' box checked:
Double-clicking shortcut - UAC box appears.
Right-clicking shortcut 'run as admin' - UAC box appears.
Right-clicking shortcut selecting 'Open' - No UAC box.

Shortcut with 'Run as admin' box clear:
Double-clicking shortcut - No UAC box.
Right-clicking shortcut 'run as admin' - UAC box appears.
Right-clicking shortcut selecting 'Open' - No UAC box.

With UAC off no popup boxes at all.

On 28/01/2012 5:23 AM, Dave-UK wrote:
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> "Dave-UK" <> wrote in message
> news:4f22c289$0$2341$c3e8da3$...
>>
>> "Tony Vella" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Hi Dave.
>>>
>>> I wanted to touch base with you before (perhaps) making matters
>>> worse. When I go to Control Panel > Programs and Features and
>>> deselect WMP I get a message that Windows Media Center will also be
>>> removed because it depends on WMP, and also that other programs
>>> (unnamed) could potentially stop working if I went ahead and removed
>>> WMP. So I wanted your opinion about this before I do anything else.
>>> Once again, my WMP works fine in run-as-admin except that I have to
>>> tell it to run-as-admin every time I use it. Should I perhaps leave
>>> well enough alone and learn to put up with this minor inconvenience?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> If you have got any doubts then leave things as they are.
>> I normally run with UAC turned off so as a test I reset
>> the UAC setting back to the default and now I get a UAC box popping up
>> when I try and run WMP! And that's with the shortcut set to run as
>> admin as well, so now I'm not sure if this is normal or not.
>> I'll have a Google around and If I find anything I'll
>> post back here.
>>
>>
>>
>
> After fiddling about with shortcuts and UAC settings I am
> now confused. This is what happens on my machine with UAC on:
>
> Double-clicking wmplayer.exe - No UAC box. Right-clicking wmplayer.exe
> 'run as admin' - UAC box appears.
> Right-clicking wmplayer.exe selecting 'Open' - No UAC box.
> Shortcut with 'Run as admin' box checked:
> Double-clicking shortcut - UAC box appears.
> Right-clicking shortcut 'run as admin' - UAC box appears.
> Right-clicking shortcut selecting 'Open' - No UAC box.
>
> Shortcut with 'Run as admin' box clear:
> Double-clicking shortcut - No UAC box.
> Right-clicking shortcut 'run as admin' - UAC box appears.
> Right-clicking shortcut selecting 'Open' - No UAC box.
>
> With UAC off no popup boxes at all.
>
>
Hi Dave.

I have not solved the problem but I have (perhaps) made it a little less
annoying.

1. I unpinned WMP from the start menu - it never worked with either a
single- or a double-click.
2. In the security properties of the exe file I checked run-as-admin.
3. I "sent" the exe file to the desktop (shortcut) and then dragged the
shortcut to the quick-launch taskbar.

Now, when I single click the icon on the quick-launch I immediately get
the UAC box. So now it's two clicks rather than three.

Thanks again, Dave, for taking the time.

--
Tony Vella
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.