Have you ever tried to unzip a file to the Program Files directory in Windows 7 or Vista?

You’ll get all sorts of permission denied errors, and generally be unsuccessful.

So how do we open up the zipfile as an administrator?

Add "Run as Administrator" to Any File Type in Windows 7 or Vista

For that matter, how do you open any file as administrator?

Unfortunately you’ll have to make the tweak manually, but we’ll walk you through it.

The easiest way to do that is right-select “command” and then choose Export.

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You’ll just have to change where you look in the registry.

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