# How to prevent program running as an Administrator?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-prevent-program-running-as-an-administrator/52317>\
**Category:** Off-Topic\
**Created:** [March 10, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-prevent-program-running-as-an-administrator/52317 "2021-03-10T21:05:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-prevent-program-running-as-an-administrator/52317/1 "2021-03-10T21:05:02Z")

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I have this very old piece of software than runs itself as an Administrator; a fact that I can see under the

**Task Manager \> Details \> Elevated**

And apparently this causes problems with some other programs trying to cooperate with it  
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So my question is: how do I stop this software from being elevated?

I have tried going to its EXE and turning for it ON & OFF the

**Properties \> Compatibility \> Settings \> Run this program as an administrator**

option, but it did not reset the EXE. Also renaming the EXE did not full the operating system  
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I am using Windows 10 Enterprise 20H2 19042.746

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 6:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-prevent-program-running-as-an-administrator/52317/2 "2021-03-11T06:40:36Z")

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Perhaps this helps:  
[https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_7-security/how-do-i-run-a-program-without-administrator/d6b3aebd-9202-457e-b711-a89bcf9432d9](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-security/how-do-i-run-a-program-without-administrator/d6b3aebd-9202-457e-b711-a89bcf9432d9)