Terminal crashes when trying to run it as administrator from a non administrator windows user #13145

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opened 2026-01-31 03:34:57 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @Mavv3006 on GitHub (Mar 23, 2021).

Windows Terminal version (or Windows build number)

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.868], Windows Terminal [Version 1.6.10571.0]

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Steps to reproduce

  1. have a windows user with admin rights and a windows user without admin rights
  2. log in to the user without admin rights
  3. try to run the new windows terminal as an administrator
  4. when the promt to give the admin password: do that
  5. the app crashes

Expected Behavior

I expect to open the windows terminal in administrator mode

Actual Behavior

The windows terminal crashed with the below error message.

Error message:
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Originally created by @Mavv3006 on GitHub (Mar 23, 2021). ### Windows Terminal version (or Windows build number) Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.868], Windows Terminal [Version 1.6.10571.0] ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce 1. have a windows user with admin rights and a windows user without admin rights 2. log in to the user without admin rights 3. try to run the new windows terminal as an administrator 4. when the promt to give the admin password: do that 5. the app crashes ### Expected Behavior I expect to open the windows terminal in administrator mode ### Actual Behavior The windows terminal crashed with the below error message. Error message: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/52504463/112119485-b499f300-8bbd-11eb-9e5a-0c2d1181c08b.png)
claunia added the Resolution-Duplicate label 2026-01-31 03:34:57 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Mar 23, 2021):

Thanks for the report! This currently isn't possible for applications installed from the Store. If you want to run the Terminal as an administrator, then you'll need the account the Terminal is installed for to also be an admin.

This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #4217 for more discussion.

/dup #4217

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Mar 23, 2021): Thanks for the report! This currently isn't possible for applications installed from the Store. If you want to run the Terminal as an administrator, then you'll need the account the Terminal is installed for to also be an admin. This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #4217 for more discussion. /dup #4217
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Mar 23, 2021):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Mar 23, 2021): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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Reference: starred/terminal#13145