{"id":31190,"date":"2022-12-23T13:14:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T07:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=31190"},"modified":"2022-12-23T13:23:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T07:53:00","slug":"apps-dont-open-unless-run-as-administrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/apps-dont-open-unless-run-as-administrator\/","title":{"rendered":"Apps Don&#8217;t Open Unless Run as Administrator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may notice that some programs don&#8217;t run when you double-click on the icon of the program. However, they run if you right-click on the icon and then click &#8220;Run as Administrator&#8221;; whereas the same programs used to run just fine even without elevation.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Also, going to the &#8220;Compatibility&#8221; tab in the Properties and selecting or deselecting &#8220;Run as administrator&#8221; may not make any difference.<\/p>\n<h2>Cause<\/h2>\n<p>A third-party tuning program installed on the computer may have blocked the apps from running unelevated. CCleaner Professional, AVG TuneUp, and A<span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">vast Cleanup Premium are some examples. These programs have a feature that puts resource-hungry apps into sleep or snooze mode.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/office-apps-avast-debugger-3.png\" alt=\"avast avg debugger cannot open office apps\" width=\"1515\" height=\"1005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/office-apps-avast-debugger-3.png 1515w, https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/office-apps-avast-debugger-3-768x509.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1515px) 100vw, 1515px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In CCleaner Professional, the feature is called &#8220;Performance Optimizer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These programs add a &#8220;<code>Debugger<\/code>&#8221; registry value in the &#8220;Image File Execution Options&#8221; key to redirect the executable to the tweaker program &#8212; e.g., <code>CCleanerReactivator.exe<\/code>, the CCleaner Professional Performance Optimizer module.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ccleaner-debugger-registry-value.png\" alt=\"ccleaner professional debugger registry value\" width=\"821\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ccleaner-debugger-registry-value.png 821w, https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ccleaner-debugger-registry-value-768x312.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This prevents some applications from starting normally (i.e., unelevated), especially some 32-bit apps.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-cant-find-winword-excel-exe-cant-open-avast-avg\/\">Windows cannot find Winword.exe or Excel.exe \u2014 Can&#8217;t open Any Program<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Resolution<\/h2>\n<h3>Option 1: Remove Programs from Sleep Mode<\/h3>\n<p>Removing the affected programs from out of &#8220;Sleep&#8221; mode into &#8220;Wake Up&#8221; mode or equivalent setting in your optimizer program should resolve the issue.<\/p>\n<h4>CCleaner Professional<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Open CCleaner Professional.<\/li>\n<li>Click Performance Optimizer.<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;Sleeping Programs.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Click on the &#8220;Wake Up&#8221; button next to the program you want to get out of sleep mode.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ccleaner-pro-wake-programs.png\" alt=\"ccleaner professional - sleep and wake up mode for programs\" width=\"1010\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ccleaner-pro-wake-programs.png 1010w, https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ccleaner-pro-wake-programs-768x533.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1010px) 100vw, 1010px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>AVG TuneUp or Avast Cleanup Premium<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Open AVG TuneUp or Avast Cleanup, click on the\u00a0<strong>Speed up<\/strong>\u00a0icon.<\/li>\n<li>Open\u00a0<strong>Background &amp; Startup programs<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Scroll down and find the section with a green font that says\u00a0<strong># programs sleeping<\/strong>\u00a0and expand it.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/office-apps-avast-debugger-5.png\" alt=\"avast avg debugger cannot open office apps\" width=\"1004\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/office-apps-avast-debugger-5.png 1004w, https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/office-apps-avast-debugger-5-768x515.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Find your program on the list and click \u201c<strong>wake<\/strong>\u201c.<\/li>\n<li>Repeat the same for every other program you want to unblock.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Option 2: Remove the Debugger registry value manually<\/h3>\n<p>If you have already uninstalled AVG Tune Up, Avast Cleanup, or CCleaner Professional, then follow these steps to remove the orphaned <code>Debugger<\/code> registry value for each program that was put into sleep mode.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Start the Registry Editor (<code>regedit.exe<\/code>)<\/li>\n<li>Go to the following branch:\n<pre>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Expand the <code>Image File Execution Options<\/code> key.<\/li>\n<li>For example, to unblock Microsoft Word, select the subkey named <code>winword.exe<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Right-click <code>winword.exe<\/code> and choose Delete.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Yes<\/strong> to confirm. That\u2019s it. Microsoft Word is unblocked now.<\/li>\n<li>Similarly, delete the <code>Debugger<\/code> registry value for every executable that was put into sleep mode. Here are some more subkeys that you may need to check:\n<ul>\n<li>excel.exe [Microsoft Excel]<\/li>\n<li>powerpnt.exe [Microsoft PowerPoint]<\/li>\n<li>msaccess.exe [Microsoft Access]<\/li>\n<li>mspub.exe [Microsoft Publisher]<\/li>\n<li>onenote.exe [Microsoft OneNote]<\/li>\n<li>outlook.exe [Microsoft Outlook]<\/li>\n<li>AcroRd32.exe [Adobe Acrobat Reader]<\/li>\n<li>Chrome.exe [Google Chrome]<\/li>\n<li>Firefox.exe [Mozilla Firefox]<\/li>\n<li>Iexplore.exe [Internet Explorer]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Quick Tip:<\/strong> With the <code>Image File Execution Options<\/code> branch selected, you can do a search for <code>CCleanerReactivator.exe<\/code> or <code>autoreactivator.exe<\/code> in the Registry Editor to find and manually remove every occurrence of the debugger value.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/office-apps-avast-debugger-5-1.png\" alt=\"avast avg debugger cannot open office apps\" width=\"398\" height=\"188\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Exit the Registry Editor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6338 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/icotip.gif\" alt=\"tips bulb icon\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" \/>The <code>debugger<\/code> registry value is used to redirect a program to another program. For instance, Microsoft Sysinternals Process Monitor replaces Task Manager in the same way. We used the debugger technique to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/replace-notepad-text-editor-notepad-plus-association\/\">replace Notepad with Notepad++<\/a> in one of our previous articles.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>I hope that resolves the issue. Let&#8217;s know your comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may notice that some programs don&#8217;t run when you double-click on the icon of the program. However, they run if you right-click on the icon and then click &#8220;Run as Administrator&#8221;; whereas the same programs used to run just fine even without elevation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[441],"class_list":["post-31190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-utilities","category-windows","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18415,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-cant-find-winword-excel-exe-cant-open-avast-avg\/","url_meta":{"origin":31190,"position":0},"title":"[Fix] Windows cannot find Winword.exe or Excel.exe &#8212; Can&#8217;t open Any Program","author":"Ramesh","date":"September 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"When you open Office programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc, nothing may happen (except for the screen flash) if you double-click the program shortcut. 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