My primary Windows 10 desktop had some updating a few weeks ago (all my other Win10 platforms updated fine). In any case, I wound up doing various 'fixes' sfc, DISM, Windows recovery,etc.
I eventually got it updated and it has been working fine EXCEPT - I have several Office apps in the task bar - Word, Excel, Access with many pinned files. After I finally got it working, I could no longer open a file by rt-click on the task bar icon and dragging up to the desired file - all I was able to do is launch the application. Today I started digging around to try and resolve the issue and was going to run sfc and DISM, BUT I cannot Run as Administrator.
The Start button works and I can launch an application but when I rt-click and chose Run as Administrator nothing happens. It is not my permissions - my account is Administrator. I've tried both wired and wireless mouse; I started in Safe mode - always with the same result rt-click launch and rt-click Run as Administrator do not work.
I haven't found any way to open a CMD or Powershell window as Administrator. I really don't want to rebuild this machine as getting all the apps and licensing re-installed is a PITA....
Any suggestions on how I might be able to get in to run DISM as Administrator???
TIA for any ideas!!
I eventually got it updated and it has been working fine EXCEPT - I have several Office apps in the task bar - Word, Excel, Access with many pinned files. After I finally got it working, I could no longer open a file by rt-click on the task bar icon and dragging up to the desired file - all I was able to do is launch the application. Today I started digging around to try and resolve the issue and was going to run sfc and DISM, BUT I cannot Run as Administrator.
The Start button works and I can launch an application but when I rt-click and chose Run as Administrator nothing happens. It is not my permissions - my account is Administrator. I've tried both wired and wireless mouse; I started in Safe mode - always with the same result rt-click launch and rt-click Run as Administrator do not work.
I haven't found any way to open a CMD or Powershell window as Administrator. I really don't want to rebuild this machine as getting all the apps and licensing re-installed is a PITA....
Any suggestions on how I might be able to get in to run DISM as Administrator???
TIA for any ideas!!