Run as Administrator in IE7

Run as Administrator doesn’t work with explorer.exe with Internet Explorer 7 installed. Here is an easy solution:

Windows has a hidden IE7 folder in its system root.

Go to run and type: c:\windows\ie7 (or replace ‘windows’ with your %systemroot%)

In that folder, you will find the old IE 6 executable (iexplorer.exe) that you will be able to use the RunAs function with.

It’s saved me a lot of headaches when installing software as Administrator.