During opening Visual Studio, I got the following error message 

This task requires the application to have elevated permissions

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Cause

The current user doesn’t have a sufficient privilege to open Visual Studio.

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Solution

To run Visual Studio with elevated permissions, you should perform any appropriate method for you from the following:

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Method (1): Run Visual Studio as Administrator

• Right click on VS and select Run as Administrator.

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Method (2) : Troubleshoot compatibility

The previous method should be repeated every time you are going to run the VS. In this method, I will show How to avoid the annoying compatibility issue by following the mentioned steps below :

• Right Click on Visual Studio> Open File Location.

• Right Click on Visual Studio Shortcut > Select Troubleshoot compatibility.

• Select Troubleshoot Program.

• Check The program requires additional permissions.

• Click on Test the program.

• Wait for a moment till the program starts.
• Click Next.
• Select “Yes, save these settings for this program”.

• Wait for resolving the issue.

• Make sure the final status is fixed.

• Click Close.

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Method (3) : Set Visual Studio to Run as Administrator

• Right click on VS > Select Properties.

• Click on Compatibility Tab > Check Run this program as an administrator.

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Method (4) : Via Shortcut

Sometimes, you may not find the compatibility tab. so, you should navigate to

• Shortcut tab > Advanced > Check Run as Administrator.

The Visual Studio should now be opened properly with elevated permissions.

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Applies To

• Visual Studio 2017.
• Visual Studio 2015.
• Visual Studio 2013.
• Visual Studio 2012.
• Visual Studio 2010.