Date: 2015dec11 Update: 2025aug1 Language: C/C++ OS: Windows Product: Visual Studio Q. MSVC: Why I am getting "The requested operation requires elevation" when I try to run a program I wrote and compiled in Visual Studio? I am doing Debug > Run without Debugging A. This happened to me when the .exe had "Update" in its name! I renamed the program and no longer got the error. Crazy.