I have just got a new laptop with Microsoft Windows 10. My previous laptop ran Windows 7.
I'm trying to get applications to "run as administrator" by default, so that I'm not constantly having trouble saving/overwriting files, etc. The priority here is to be able to modify my own files on an external hard drive; I wouldn't have expected that I'd have to do anything special to be able to do this. My user account on the laptop is an "Administrator" account, and I have set the User Account Control setting to "Never notify". I thought that this would achieve the effect I want (as also suggested in this related question in relation to Windows 7).
Here's a screenshot of my setting to disable UAC in Windows 10:
Still, Notepad++ (for one) is not automatically starting with administrative rights. What else do I need to do, or what am I overlooking?
Thanks
PS. I'm aware that what I'm trying to do is a security risk, but that's not the point of this question; whether I should or should not do something is different to whether I can or cannot do something.