With the upgrade of the Windows operating system to the seventh version, many users have encountered one problem. Very often in the course of work, users receive a system message with error code 740, which states that the user must have higher access rights to perform the action.
Causes of error code 740
Few users know that Microsoft has implemented a two-level administration system in the Windows operating system of the seventh version and higher. Thus, to perform some operations, having administrator rights is not enough, but you need extended access permission, at the superadministrator level.
In this regard, when installing some programs, trying to run certain utilities, or working with system files, Windows asks for permission from the "superuser". In such situations, users see a system window on their computer monitors with the text "The requested operation requires elevation." Thus, the system informs the user about the need for greater access rights to perform the current operation. Nevertheless, there is nothing to worry about and this problem is easily solved.
Methods to resolve system error 740
If, while working at a computer, when performing some operations, you encounter this error, then there are several ways to eliminate it. One of the simplest is installing and removing programs, as well as running some utilities through a special administrator console, which activates root rights for the administrator account.
This console allows you to work with Windows system files, as well as applications that require an elevated level of access to the operating system.
Troubleshooting with the runas command
In order to work with programs or commands under a different account, Windows uses a special runas command, which can be launched through the "Command Prompt" or in the "Run" menu. However, the operating system may prevent its execution if the user does not have "super administrator" rights.
In this case, you can run the runas command through the administrator console, however, it is not very convenient to use it all the time. Therefore, in order to no longer receive the message "Requested operation requires elevation", you need to change the parameters of some settings. If the error is caused due to damage to the system file, then you will need to restore it using a special DLL Suite utility.
Removing an administrator account
To never again encounter error 740, you can do it much easier and just delete the administrator account.
To do this, open the system menu "My Computer" and click on the line "Management". In the window that opens, in the menu located on the left, open the "Local Users" tree branch and click on the "Users" line. Next, select the administrator and select "Delete" in the "Additional actions" menu. As soon as you complete this procedure, Windows will automatically activate the administrator account with root rights, which you just need to go through the process of changing the account to activate.
Deactivate the Windows Accounts Service
If for some reason you do not want to delete the admin account, then to fix error 740, you can simply disable the account service in the operating system settings. You can do this in the "Control Panel" by simply setting the "Never notify" option. After that, to enter the OS when you start Windows, you will never again need to select the type of account, since by default the system will use the rights of "super administrator".
Conclusion
So our today's article has come to an end, devoted to fixing error code 740 with the system message "The requested operation requires elevation." We have not considered all the ways to fix this problem. If you have a good knowledge of Windows, then you can fix the error using the system registry settings, however, this procedure is much more complicated and takes more time. Therefore, it will be enough just to follow the recommendations we have reviewed today, and you will never again encounter this error in the process of working with Windows.
After installing Windows 7 64bit for the first time, I tried to run some commands from the command line but I was denied with the message "The operation requires elevation". When installing the system, I indicated that my account has administrative rights in the system. So why can't I still run commands on the command line?
It turns out that in Windows 7 there is another account that is created during installation of the system and it is the so-called Super Administrator (endowed with the highest administrative rights in the system). During the initial installation of Windows 7, the Super System Administrator account is disabled. But since you are also the system administrator (the account is endowed with Administrator rights), our account allows you to run the command line on behalf of the “Super Administrator”. Such a division of rights and powers is borrowed from * nix systems where the concept originally existed - root“Superuser” (Super Administrator) – i.e. an account endowed with absolutely all rights in the system and has the highest permissions when running programs. There are also applications or files with *.bat, *.vbs, *.cmd extensions that require execution on behalf of the Administrator - we do the same with their launch - Right-click on the shortcut - properties - Run as administrator.
You can enable the “Super” Administrator account and use it, so all programs will run with the highest rights and such messages “The operation requires elevation” will disappear. However, there is another side of the coin - after all, it was not for nothing that this account was initially inactive. With its inclusion and use system security is reduced. So when a computer is infected with malware, viruses, you provide full control over the computer with the highest privileges. So before enabling this account, think about the security of the computer and the safety of information.
You can enable the Super Administrator account: Start -> right button. mouse on Computer -> Office
In the "Management" console, select Local Users -> Users
Right click on the inscription Administrator - in the menu that appears, you can specify / change the password for this account, and we are also interested in the property item.
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By unchecking the checkbox - you activate the “Super Administrator” account, then you can log into this account at the next system reboot - a welcome window or log out and change the user
When launching programs, installers, or games (as well as doing "inside" running programs), you may encounter the "The requested operation requires elevation" error message. Sometimes the error code is 740 and information like: CreateProcess Failed or Error Creating Process. Moreover, in Windows 10, the error appears more often than in Windows 7 or 8 (due to the fact that many folders are protected by default in Windows 10, including Program Files and the root of drive C).
This guide details the possible causes of the error causing a failure with code 740, which means "The requested operation requires elevation" and how to fix the situation.
First of all, in order to do any of the above steps to fix the "The requested operation requires elevation" error, your user must have administrator rights or you must have a password for a user account that is an administrator on the computer (see).
And in conclusion, a couple of additional options, if you still couldn’t cope with the error:
With the release of Windows Vista and Windows 7 systems, PC users, when launching some applications, began to encounter an error "" from time to time, which is sometimes accompanied by the signature " Code 740". After the release of Windows 8, and later on Windows 10, errors with " a demand for an increase"not only did not decrease, but, on the contrary, became more frequent, according to numerous complaints on Internet forums.
In this article, we will look at the causes of the error " The requested operation requires elevation And let's take a look at a few ways to fix it.
To begin with, let's understand why does error 740 appear. The simplest answer to this question is: "The user does not have sufficient rights to perform the requested operation." To analyze in more detail the essence of the problem, let's touch on the settings of Windows system accounts.
In the process of installing the system, the installer asks the person who initiated the process itself to create an account for themselves, in other words, to create a user. In the future, this account is assigned Administrator rights (there are exceptions, but we will not dwell on them now). What do these Administrator rights mean? Let's give a simple definition:
Administrator Rights- this is a set of extended permissions and an increase in the actions available to the user in the Windows operating system, which distinguish him from other accounts in the system
That is, a user with Administrator rights has access to those actions that are not available to other users:
and others.
However, in some cases, the rights of a user with Administrator rights may not be enough to perform certain operations. At such moments, the user receives an error that says that " The requested operation requires elevation". But who, if not a user with administrative rights, can perform such operations? The answer to this is the built-in administrator account of the computer. Simply put - standard Windows System Administrator, which is embedded in the OS before installation.
Windows administrator- this is a standard account in the system that has administrator rights, that is, increased rights to perform operations
If we draw an analogy with the Linux system, then the standard Administrator on Windows environment is similar to root user on UNIX-like operating systems. Conventionally, this account can be represented as Super Windows Administrator. This is exactly the "elevation" that the "requested operation requires" from the error above.
We will talk about how to use the Administrator account and where to find it in general below.
The simplest and at the same time correct solution to the error about the lack of user rights is run the program as administrator.
To begin with, let's take a look how to run the program as administrator.
Everything is very simple here: right-click on the program shortcut or on the executable file and select the item.
On the system start menu Windows 10 the operation will look like this: right-click on the desired application, in the context menu, hover over the Advanced line and select the item Run as administrator.
In addition, in some programs, the run as administrator button is integrated into the interface itself, such as in the CryptoPro CSP program, which was mentioned in the article Register the private key certificate in the CryptoPro registry
When launching programs and games like this, the error "Requested operation requires elevation" should not appear. However, if we often have to work with a program or programs that require running as an administrator, calling this function every time by clicking the right mouse button is not very convenient.
In order for the program to be launched as an administrator when it is called by double-clicking or pressing the Enter key, we need to configure its shortcut or the executable file itself with the extension *.exe. To do this, right-click on the application shortcut and open Properties. In the window that opens, go to the Compatibility tab. Now we are looking at the bottom of the window for the item Run this program as administrator and set a checkbox next to it. We press the OK button.
The shortcut setup is completed, each subsequent launch of the program by the usual double-click will call this application with elevated rights. To similarly configure a shortcut in the Windows 10 start menu, you must first call the option from the Advanced menu Go to file location, where already right-click on the shortcut itself and configure it according to the example above.
Shortcuts to all programs pinned to the Start menu Windows 10 can be found in the following directory:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
Second error solution The requested operation requires elevation, which we will consider is activating the administrator account built into the Windows system, and perform the necessary operations from under the user Administrator.
This method is not very desirable, since after logging in under the Administrator account, the user will have access to more functions and features that, on the one hand, are absolutely not needed by ordinary PC users, and on the other hand, can harm the system and its components if uncontrolled use.
However, there is a possibility to activate the built-in Administrator account and this possibility should be considered. Here are three ways to activate the Super Administrator user.
To call the user settings window, run the program Run from Start - All programs - Standard - Run Service Win And R and execute the command lusrmgr.msc(short for local user manager, which means "local user management" in English)
In the left part of the window that opens, go to the folder Users, after which we find the user in the main area of the window Administrator, which will be marked with a circle with an arrow pointing down. This icon means that this account is disabled and is in an inactive state.
We click on the line Administrator with the right mouse button and open the Properties of the entry. In the Properties: Administrator window, on the General tab, we find the item Disable account and remove the checkbox from this item. Press the OK button.
In the future, to disable the built-in administrator, you will simply need to uncheck the box in the same place.
To go to the settings of the local security policy of the computer, we also run the Run from program. Start - All programs - Standard - Run(in Windows 10, the Run utility is located in the directory Service) or by simultaneously pressing the buttons Win And R and execute the command secpol.msc(from English security policy- "Security policy")
In the window that opens, in the left tree-like list of parameters, expand the branch Local Policies and highlight the point with the cursor Security Options. Now in the right part of the window we find the item Accounts: Administrator account status, right click on it and go to Properties
In the window that opens, on the tab Local security settings activate the Enabled option and press the OK button.
To deactivate the administrator account, you must, accordingly, switch the checkbox to the Disabled position.
The last way to activate the built-in administrator account in Windows, which we will consider, will be performed on the command line. Due to the need to work with the Windows console, this option is not the most popular, but, in fact, it is even faster than the previous two.
To start run command prompt as administrator . You can do this either by the usual menu call by right-clicking on the shortcut, or as follows using the example of Windows 10: right-click on the Start button in the lower left corner of the monitor and select the item in the list that opens Command Prompt (Admin)
Net user Administrator /active:yes
In response, we should receive a notification from the console that Command completed successfully. If instead the command line replies that " Username not found. For more help, dial NET HELPMSG 2221. ", this means that we are using a version of the operating system designed for a different language.
In this case, we activate the administrator with another command:
Net user Administrator /active:yes
Subsequently, one of the following commands must be used to disable the Administrator user.
For the Russian version of the system:
Net user Administrator /active:no
For the English version of the system:
Net user Administrator /active:no
Further, regardless of the choice of activation method for the Administrator user, we need to to restart a computer. When the system starts after a reboot, we will be offered a choice of several users to enter the OS, among which we select the Administrator entry we activated earlier.
And the last way to get around the error within the framework of the current publication " The requested operation requires elevation" - This disable user account control.
User Account Control(UAC - User Account Control) is an operating component of the Windows system that provides an administrator confirmation request when performing operations of varying degrees of availability
As with the Administrator account, we do not recommend disabling UAC completely, but we provide a description of how to do so in order to explain how to change the settings for this OS setting.
So to disable Windows User Account Control, go to Control Panel and follow the path Control Panel\user accounts\user accounts. Here at the bottom of the window user accounts click on option Change User Account Control Settings. A new window will open User Account Control Settings, in which we need to move the vertical adjustment slider down to the option Never Notify. After that, click on the OK button.
This concludes our consideration of the question of how to activate windows administrator account and fix the error The requested operation requires elevation" when launching programs or games.
In the operation of any operating system, there are often various errors that noticeably interfere with the comfortable use of the computer. The Windows series has several versions of the OS, and each of them has its own set of bugs and shortcomings. Starting from the seventh version and ending with the tenth, users could observe one very unpleasant problem.
The error occurs, as a rule, at the moment when the user performs any operations with files, such as installing and, various applications and other things. As a result, after opening or during operation, a message was displayed, the requested operation requires an increase in windows 10. Needless to say, such a jerky message is not informative, and therefore, caused bewilderment among users.
IMPORTANT! It was empirically found that this problem is directly related to the user account control system, which appeared in the Windows series starting from the seventh version.
It was then that reports began to come in regarding the emergence of a similar problem. The process of its elimination is practically no different from earlier versions, however, it has its own characteristics.
The error itself is designed to inform the user that his account does not have sufficient rights to perform these manipulations. Since this service is rather useless, you can simply disable it, which will save the system from this problem.
To fix this error, the easiest way is to disable the corresponding service, which is included by default in the Windows OS series.
To do this, you will need to perform a number of simple manipulations, accessible even to a beginner:
In order to perform this operation noticeably faster, you can use the method that assumes . To do this, you must press Win + R, then enter UserAccountControlSettings, which will immediately open the window you need to set the parameters.
It should be remembered that this feature is designed to provide the greatest security, therefore, it should be disabled only if you have a sufficiently powerful anti-virus software package.
