Right-Click Tools 1.x

• Works on Windows 7 through 11, 32 bit, 64 bit, Standard user, Administrator user.
• Works (and displays) in all languages.
• Works with long paths.
• No UAC prompts for administrator users.
• TrustedInstaller access.
• Adds to the Windows 11 context menu if you have Custom Context Menu installed.

• Added Privileged file manager here feature
• Added options to reset icon and thumbnail caches
• Replaced Yes/No prompts with OK (since X already serves as a No)
• Added option to choose an alternate checkbox style
• Improved dark mode button highlighting
• Now recognizes difference between desktop and a desktop window on Explorer restart
• Added an installer (RightClickTools-Setup.exe)

• The privilege elevation task (UAC suppression) is now an optional install.
• The language of the context menu items can be forced via a setting in RightClickTools.ini.
• The Take ownership console window can be kept open by holding Ctrl when clicking OK.

Almighty1 said:

Not sure about this but in addition to Administrator and TrustedInstaller, would NT Authority\System be a good thing to add?

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LesFerch said:

When you run as TrustedInstaller, it's running as NT Authority\System with the additional access level of the TrustedInstaller service. If I added a new "SYSTEM" option, it would be exactly the same login context, but with slightly less access rights compared to TrustedInstaller. I can't think of any scenario where that would be needed. I either want the highest level access in my login context (i.e. "Run as Administrator") or full access to everything (i.e. "TrustedInstaller"). If a specific requirement is demonstrated, I'll definitely consider it, but as it stands, I think it might just add confusion.

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Almighty1 said:

An idea is in this thread, someone asked for a file unlocker tool and also "open locked folders (i.e. system/trusted installer, etc) to view contents too...without having to go through all of the "take ownership" steps. Is that what "Privileged file manager" is capable of for the later?

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Almighty1 said:

@LesFerch - Right-Click Tools is excellent as I had to use it earlier today as shown here:

Add "Reset Permissions" to Context Menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the "Reset Permissions" context menu to reset effective permissions of files and folders back to their default inherited permissions in Windows 10 and Windows 11. On NTFS and ReFS volumes, you can set security permissions on files and folders...

www.elevenforum.com

With the Privileged File Manager in TrustedInstaller mode, there is only one feature I wished it had. Is there a way to change the file/folder creation and modified date stamps and time stamps?

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LesFerch said:

I actually started work on an Explorer Helper tool, that is primarily designed to provide functions that work in long paths, and a date touch tool was on the list of features. However, the project is on hold now as I'm spending most of my time these days on a house renovation.

Anyhow, there are many other date touch tools you can use, such as Nirsoft's BulkFileChanger.

Or use a PowerShell Set-ItemProperty command to touch the date. ChatGPT can provide whatever variation you might want.

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Almighty1 said:

I thought the problem is like in this case, it will work on files/folders that is on Administrator but what about things that are higher level like TrustedInstaller?

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garlin said:

What I would do is use PowerRun, which gives you an elevated CMD or PowerShell session running as TrustedInstaller. This avoids the messy (and often error prone) method of doing takeown/icacls on folders or files.

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garlin said:

But that's an Explorer window, and not a shell?

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LesFerch said:

It only matters what context you're in when you run the command.

So, if you use the option "PowerShell Here as TrustedInstaller" and then enter a Set-ItemProperty command to touch the date, that command will be running with TrustedInstaller access.

Similarly, if you double-click an exe, such as BulkFileChanger.exe, from within the Privileged file manager window, that exe will be running with the same access.

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