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Add run as administrator to any file type in Windows 7

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Many times we come across zipped files and folders owing to their large file size. In that case, we need to unzip the file for opening and accessing it. In Windows 7, when we try to unzip a file to the Program Files directory, we get all sorts of permission denied errors. Attempt to unzip the file becomes unsuccessful. So what is the other way around to open up the zipped file? As an administrator, how can we open up any file?

Well, you can perform a simple registry tweak that lets you specify the action to Run as Administrator for a file type. You will have to perform certain steps for manually adding Run as Administrator to any file type in Windows 7. Follow the steps given below:

Your job of adding Run as Administrator in Windows 7 is accomplished now. This process works for all zipped file types. For any type of data corruption in Windows 7 or Windows Vista, consider Kernel for Windows data recovery software.

Conclusion

The blog introduced the users to the simple manual way to add “Run as administrator” to any file type in Windows 7 version via editing the Windows Registry entries and values. An additional benefit to users with the recommendation of a perfect Windows data recovery tool to recover inaccessible, damaged, or corrupted Windows data conveniently.