Solved Making yourself admin on windows 11

Kosmo · Nov 30, 2023

how to make yourself an administrator on windows 11 desktop.

As i'm trying to run a sfc /scannow and it asks me to make myself an admin. I'm the only user on my computer.

Was looking at some youtube videos and it said to go too "family and other users" but this doesn't show up on my settings anywhere.

dacrone · Nov 30, 2023

You can make an installer usb, boot it, “repair” and use Command Prompt. Run:

move c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe c:\

copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe

Then boot back into your windows. Click the ease of access icon in bottom right. It will open command prompt as admin. Run:

net localgroup administrators UserName /add

POLYSIUS · Nov 30, 2023

In the search box you type in:
cmd
then select: run as admin
that's it

dacrone · Nov 30, 2023

And how do you presume op is to run Cmd as admin if op is not an admin…

*based on the thread title

Kosmo · Nov 30, 2023

POLYSIUS said:
In the search box you type in:
cmd
then select: run as admin
that's it

'run' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

dacrone · Nov 30, 2023

Right click your start button. Select Terminal as Admin from the list. Post back if that launches. If so you are an administrator. If not do what I said before.

POLYSIUS · Nov 30, 2023

POLYSIUS said:
In the search box you type in:
cmd
then select: run as admin
that's it

SELECT

wabbit · Nov 30, 2023

Follow @POLYSUS instructions. see screenshot below:

Kosmo · Nov 30, 2023

dacrone said:
Right click your start button. Select Terminal as Admin from the list. Post back if that launches. If so you are an administrator. If not do what I said before.

That works.... Thanks

cereberus · Nov 30, 2023

Kosmo said:
That works.... Thanks

Please mark as solved

As you are a new user, for future reference, you did not make it clear you already had admin rights.

First line implied you want to set up a new admin account which was not what you wanted.

Your issue was easy to solve but we would have got there quicker if you had made it clearer what your issue was.

This is not intended as criticism but purely to help you help us in future.

Kosmo · Nov 30, 2023

cereberus said:
Please mark as solved

As you are a new user, for future reference, you did not make it clear you already had admin rights.

First line implied you want to set up a new admin account which was not what you wanted.

Your issue was easy to solve but we would have got there quicker if you had made it clearer what your issue was.

This is not intended as criticism but purely to help you help us in future.

I was using the start then run then the commands which didn't work as an admin... Thanks