Shortcut placed in tiles that is set to run as administrator will not run as admin

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I made a copy of the default powershell 7 shortcut, then modified the shortcut to run as administrator.  I then put both icons on a tile and attempted to run them.  The one set as admin will not run as an admin.  When I run the icon I copied and changed to run as administrator directly it prompts for admin access and works as admin.

Any suggestions, or ways to get that to work?

Thank you,

Steve

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

I found a solution.

#1: Create a powershell script with this content:

Start-Process pwsh.exe -Wait -verb runas

#2: Save the script in a location of your choice

#3: create a shortcut with this command line, replace "C:\Temp\PowerShell 7 admin.ps1" with the location of the script you created

"C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -file "C:\Temp\PowerShell 7 admin.ps1"