Why does Powershell always run as Admin now?

Question

I'm running Windows 7, and recently installed the update so I can use Powershell 3.0. That process went fine and I've been using Powershell 3 for about a month now. One thing I noticed is that every time I run Powershell now, it runs with elevated privileges. I don't right click and Run As Administrator, I just do a normal left click. This happens when I run from the Start Menu, or when it's pinned to the task bar or however I start it. This never happened with Powershell 2. I've done nothing special to make it always run as Admin, as I don't want to always run as Admin. Does anyone have any suggestions of things I can check?

Dilworth

No, I have done nothing except run the update for Powershell 3.0. – Dilworth

@FactorMystic - What does disabling UAC have to do with running in admin mode? – Robynroc

I've also found disabling UAC causes PowerShell (and the normal cmd.exe) to run as Administrator – Zealotry

Answer 1

If you have set in the properties of the Powershell shorcut ( under Advanced ) and set it to run as Administrator, it will always run in admin mode. See if this is the case and remove the setting if so.

(Note that if the same shortcut is pinned, you will see the same effect when opening from pinned applications as well, as you experience)

Robynroc

If you are referring to the options in the Compatibility Mode tab, I have nothing checked off in there. – Dilworth

@Dilworth - See the screenshot. Talking about the shortcut tab -> Advanced – Robynroc

Ah yes, I was looking at the wrong tab. That was my problem, thanks! – Dilworth