Cannot run Powertoys without admin priviliges

[tw258]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.68.1

Installation method

GitHub

Running as admin

Yes

Area(s) with issue?

General

Steps to reproduce

Although "Always run as Administrator" - settings is disabled

✔️ Expected Behavior

starting Powertoys without admin priviliges

❌ Actual Behavior

Powertoys.exe always requires to be run as admin

Other Software

No response

[tw258]

Managed to find the settings in "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\PowerToys\settings.json"

[stefansjfw]

Managed to find the settings in "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\PowerToys\settings.json"

Were you able to fix your issue manually? /needinfo

[tw258]

Yes, issue fixed.

[MuelNova]

Hello, I met the same problem. I tried your ways and didn't help.

{
"startup":true,
"enabled":{},
"is_elevated":true,
"run_elevated":false,
"download_updates_automatically":true,
"enable_experimentation":true,
"is_admin":true,
"theme":"system",
"system_theme":"dark",
"powertoys_version":"v0.70.1"
}

notice that is_elevated and is_admin are two keys I cannot change.

[tw258]

"is_elevated" is set to false in my settings. Changing this settings in "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\PowerToys\settings.json" works for me. Maybe try to delete the whole PowerToys directory for a full reset?

[MuelNova]

I changed is_elevated to False and the next time I start PoweyToys, this would be set to True again. I tried to make it read-only(which should not), but I still open it in elevated mode.

I'll try a full reset and that should work, thank you for your help.