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Samir Boulema committed Nov 11, 2021
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You have to use the RunAsAdmin options setting to enable or disable.

### Under the hood
The extension adds a registry entry at the following location: `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers\`
The extension adds two registry entries at the following location: `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers\`

Where the "Name" will be the path to Visual Studio and the value will be "RUNASADMIN" or "RUNASNORMAL"
One for the path to Visual Studio and one for the path to the Visual Studio Launcher. The value of the registry entries will be "RUNASADMIN" or "RUNASNORMAL"

## Thanks
Cazzulino - [How to get Visual Studio 2017 installation path](https://www.cazzulino.com/how-to-get-vsinstallroot.html)

Rick van den Bosch - [Running Visual Studio as an administrator causes ‘Save changes to devenv.sln’ when double clicking solutions](https://www.rickvandenbosch.net/blog/running-visual-studio-as-an-administrator-causes-save-changes-to-devenv-sln-when-double-clicking-solutions/)

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