How to run as administrator?

[ufsaa2022]

Hello,

I am running mapdl with 'mapdl = launch_mapdl()'
At this time, when running mapdl, is there an argument to run it in administrator mode?
If I do not run in administrator mode, an error occurs, so I ask a question.

Thanks all,

[germa89]

Hi @dhkimmm

The rights are passed from the terminal you initiated the process.

For example, in Windows you can do:

And then:

That should launch MAPDL process with admin (see Elevated column):

However, it should not be needed the admin rights for anything I believe. Can you post the error message you are getting?

[ufsaa2022]

Thank you for your reply

It was solved with "Run as Administrator" in your answer.

Best Regards,

[mikerife]

Hi @dhkimmm & @germa89
If an admin account is required to run MAPDL then the installation was not done properly. Watch out when installing MAPDL as it requires a admin account and not all admin accounts are created equally. Plus some things, like UAC [User Account Control] can interfere even with admin accounts when installing.
Mike

[germa89]

Very good point Mike! Thank you!!