Running games as an administrator

If a game or the Nexon Launcher is not starting or running properly, the application might not have the permissions necessary for it to work as expected. Enabling the option to run the application as an administrator may help.

This article describes how to run an app as an administrator temporarily, which elevates its permissions until you close it. It also describes how to set an app to permanently run as an administrator.

• Running apps once as an administrator
• Setting apps to always run as an administrator

Important: To run an application as an administrator, you must have full administrator rights.

To see the steps for running an app as an administrator, watch our video “How To Run Games As An Administrator” on YouTube (see below).

Note: This article contains screenshots that are for example purposes only. Actual text and visuals may vary.

Running apps once as an administrator

To run an app once as an administrator:

1. Navigate to the install folder of the app that you want to run.
   The default paths are:
   • C:\Program Files (x86)\Nexon\Nexon Launcher
   • C:\Nexon\Library\<game title>\appdata
     For example, C:\Nexon\Library\maplestory\appdata
2. Right-click the executable file, such as maplestory.exe or nexon_launcher.exe, and then click Run as administrator.
   
3. Click Yes.
   

The game or Nexon Launcher now opens running elevated permissions until you close it.

To run the app again as an administrator, you must perform the above steps. Alternately, you can set the app to permanently run as an administrator (see below).

Setting apps to always run as an administrator

To set an app to always run as an administrator:

1. Navigate to the install folder of the app that you want to run.
   The default paths are:
   • C:\Program Files (x86)\Nexon\Nexon Launcher
   • C:\Nexon\Library\<game title>\appdata
     For example, C:\Nexon\Library\maplestory\appdata
2. Right-click the executable file, such as maplestory.exe or nexon_launcher.exe, and then click Properties.
   
3. Click the Compatibility tab.
4. Under Settings, select the Run this program as an administrator option.
   
5. Click OK.
6. Close the Properties window, and then open the app.

From now on, the game or Nexon Launcher automatically runs with elevated permissions.