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Use caution when editing the registry! This can cause instability in your system and even render your OS inoperable.
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Force application to run as administrator.md

To force any application to run as an administrator (Even, for example, when you open it by double-clicking on an associated file type), create a new registry entry in

\!h Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers

This should be a string value with the name set to the path for the executable that you want to run as an administrator. The below example is for Visual Studio 2015:

\!h C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe

The value should be set to the following:

\!h ~ RUNASADMIN

Now, whenever you run this program, it will be run in administrator mode automatically.

Source: StackOverflow: Can you force Visual Studio to always run as an Administrator in Windows 8?

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Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

Open (or create) ShowSecondsInSystemClock (DWORD (32-bit) Value) and set the value to 1

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