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Win 11: cannot open Office, except as admin

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Xou76750 Posted messages 4 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
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Hello everyone,

I have an issue with my PC running Windows 11. When I try to open a Microsoft Office program, nothing starts. I have to right-click the application (for example, Word) and select "Run as administrator" each time. It’s really very annoying.

When I go to the properties of the "winword" icon (right-click > Properties > Security tab), everything seems fine with the permissions.

I have already uninstalled and reinstalled Word, but the problem persists. Windows Update is up to date as well.

Has anyone got a solution to this problem?

Thanks in advance

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bazfile Posted messages 58483 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   20 265
 

Hello.

When I go into the properties of the "winword" icon (right-click > Properties > Security tab), everything seems in order with the permissions ✅.

Rather go to the Compatibility tab and uncheck Run this program as an administrator.

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Xou76750 Posted messages 4 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
 

Thank you for your reply.

Unfortunately I don’t have this tab.

Where could I find it?
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bazfile Posted messages 58483 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   20 265
 

@Xou76750 StatusMember.

It’s not on WINWORD that you should right-click, but on WORDICON.

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brucine Posted messages 24700 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 148
 

Hello,

It’s not the executable itself that has an option, but the shortcut (in the Start menu or wherever we placed it): right-click, Properties, Advanced, Run as administrator.

The situation is not normal; unlike other Office software, during installation it does not offer a choice between the current user and everyone; we shouldn’t even have this problem if we installed it for the current user or on another non-administrator account.

There is probably a local security policy, a third-party “security” software... whose settings prohibit a number of actions for non-administrators.

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Xou76750 Posted messages 4 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
 

I have this error message, whether I click twice or with a right-click "Run as administrator"
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bazfile Posted messages 58483 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   20 265
 

Download FRST.

Once downloaded, save it to the desktop, then right-click FRST and choose Run as administrator you will get this:

Wait for the message that the tool is ready to run to appear and then click Analyze

Warning, wait for the messages saying that the analysis is finished to appear.

At the end of the analysis you will have two text files on the desktop named FRST and Addition.

Then send the FRST and ADDITION reports to https://www.cjoint.com/ or to https://pixeldrain.com/.

Then provide the two links generated by https://www.cjoint.com/ or https://pixeldrain.com/in your reply.

bazfile
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Xou76750 Posted messages 4 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
 

Thank you very much for your feedback.

It’s incomprehensible, there, without doing anything, I can normally reopen all my Office software.

It drives me crazy! It’s a real mystery to me.
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