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pseymour / MakeMeAdmin

Make Me Admin is a simple, open-source application for Windows that allows standard user accounts to be elevated to administrator-level, on a temporary basis.
https://makemeadmin.com/
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Make Me Admin Service Error #39

Closed michaellopez2 closed 3 years ago

michaellopez2 commented 3 years ago

Hello,

Just want to start by saying I love this tool and have been using it for a couple of years now. I have just recently ran into a pc error where the app service will not start (screenshot provided). I have tried to completely remove the application and re-install to no avail. I am constantly hit with this error. My one take away is that this is only happening on one machine and all the other machines are operating normally. Was wondering if there is a setting I am missing or other issue. Thank you for all your assistance.

Make me admin error.docx

Mike

pseymour commented 3 years ago

This is generally caused by a corrupted users.xml file, which is where Make Me Admin stores the list of users it needs to keep track of. Search for a users.xml file that is in a folder named for Make Me Admin, and delete it. Depending on which version you're on, it'll be in one of two places.

Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\" -Filter "users.xml" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue