opening a file with admin priviliges in windows

Question

There is a file context.xml in the path :

C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache Tomcat 7.0.22\conf\context.xml

I have to edit this file. But i am unable to do so.When i try to save the edits (ctrl+s) , I get a message Access Denied . How can i open these type of files with admin privilege ?

To run any type of software that needs admin privilege,i just click run as administrator. What do i do in this case ?

NOTE : I am the admin on my computer

NOTE : Answer me in context to Windows 7

I don't know how to do this. But what I do is open the editor as administrator. — fmanco, Jul 16 '12 at 15:08
Are you sure it's not read only (look in properties)? Also, who has ownership of the file? — Dave, Jul 16 '12 at 15:08
Does this answer your question? [How to open a file for editing in Administrator mode?](https://superuser.com/questions/219179/how-to-open-a-file-for-editing-in-administrator-mode) — StayOnTarget, Jan 04 '23 at 14:20

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '12 at 15:22

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I don't know how to do that directly. But, as a workaround, you can open you editor with admin priviledges (with run as administrator) and then open the file you want to edit from the editor.

answered Jul 16 '12 at 15:22

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AFAIK there is no other way. You can not start an application associated with a file with admin permissions directly. – Robert Jul 16 '12 at 15:24
@Robert I also think that's true. But as I'm not a Windows user I couldn't say it for sure. Thanks. – fmanco Jul 16 '12 at 15:27

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 16 '12 at 15:27

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Hold down Shift and right click on the file you want to open and then press Run as Admin

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answered Jul 16 '12 at 15:17

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i don't see `run as admin` option – Suhail Gupta Jul 16 '12 at 17:26
This works if you right click an executable (EXE) file. But does not work if you right click a data file like .TXT which you want to be opened by its associated program. – StayOnTarget Jan 04 '23 at 14:20

opening a file with admin priviliges in windows

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