Can't start Terminal with admin privileges

[TheChilliPL]

Environment

Windows build number: Windows 10 v 2004 build 19041.508
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): preview 1.4.2652.0

Steps to reproduce

Right click on any Windows Terminal icon and select Run as Administrator.

Expected behavior

Windows Terminal should open normally, with administrator privileges.

Actual behavior

After asking for admin password 2 times, it doesn't start and throws an error instead:

[conioh]

Are you trying to elevate the same user or are you trying to "Run as Administrator" as another user?

[TheChilliPL]

I'm clicking Run as Administrator in the context menu of the exe, but I'm not logged in as one, so I'm prompted to type in the password of another administrative user.

[zadjii-msft]

Unfortunately, this scenario doesn't work quite right today. IIRC you need to have the Terminal installed for the admin user as well. There are more details in #4217, which is tracking this issue with the platform team as well. Thanks!

/dup #4217

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

[conioh]

I'm clicking Run as Administrator in the context menu of the exe, but I'm not logged in as one, so I'm prompted to type in the password of another administrative user.

As @zadjii-msft said you need to have WT installed for the other user too, but from what I recall you also need to have WT in both users at the same version. If you've updates it through the store in your non-admin user but haven't updated it in your admin user, you'd get this error.