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My primary account is a standard user account. I have a separate account which I use for admin. I rarely ever log into my admin account. That said, sometimes I would like to bring up a Windows Terminal as admin. I get some real strange results.
Here is my setup:
- Mike is my standard user account.
- MikeAdmin is my admin account.
- Mike always has the latest Windows Terminal installed. Currently 1.2.2381.0
- MikeAdmin may or may not have the latest Windows Terminal installed, depending on the Microsoft Store.
- Windows Terminal is pinned to my task bar on the Mike account.
Strangeness #1
- Have Windows Terminal on the Mike (standard user) account.
- Right click on the Windows Terminal task bar icon, click on "Windows Terminal" and select "Run as administrator".
- Type in password for MikeAdmin account.
- Note that nothing happens.
- See that the Windows Terminal in the Start Menu is transparent and has a progress bar on it, like it is being updated.
- Close the Windows Terminal for the standard user and pinned Windows Terminal icon in the taskbar goes away.
- Reboot and the Windows Terminal in the Start Menu is back to normal.
- Pin Windows Terminal back on the task bar.
Strangeness #2
- Don't have Windows Terminal running with the Mike account.
- Right click on the Windows Terminal task bar icon, click on "Windows Terminal" and select "Run as administrator".
- Type in password for MikeAdmin account. Note that I have to do this twice.
- Get the following error message
That's all for now.
Regards,
Mike
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WSLUser commentedon Aug 31, 2020
Dupe: #5000, #1032
DHowett commentedon Sep 2, 2020
Yeah -- there are some lingering issues with store installation. There's a lot of into in the linked threads, and in other closed issues on our repo. The long/short of it is that you must register terminal as an application for any user account that wants to run it. Store applications are nominally per-user, and you can't easily cross a user boundary with them.