Giving Administrator Rights to LabVIEW Executable

Updated Sep 21, 2021

Environment

Operating System

  • Windows

Other

  • LabVIEW Executable, already built

In this article will be discussed how to set running mode of the LabVIEW executable to Run as Administrator.
This is useful if you are a developer and want to give to your application administrator privileges on the deployment PC.
To accomplish the task you need to have administrator rights on the deployment PC.

1. Right-click on executable and select Properties.

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2. Go to Security tab and click on Advanced. 

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3. Click Change next to Owner.

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4. Click Advanced.  

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5. Click Find Now.

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6. Click Administrator in the Search results.

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7. Click OK several times until you are on Properties again.

Now the application should be able to run with admin rights.

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