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Make Me Admin: all versions and old releases

Make Me Admin is a simple application for Windows that allows standard user accounts to be elevated to administrator-level, on a temporary basis.

3 versions of Make Me Admin are listed here, from October 13, 2025 to the current 2.4.1. Each one links to the publisher’s own installer files.

2025: 3 3 25
VersionDateSizeFiles
2.4.1Latest November 14, 2025 — 64-bit MSI64-bit MSI64-bit MSI64-bit MSI
Release notes
Added
- Added localization for German.
Removed
- Removed references to the Multilingual App Toolkit, which is now out of support.
Fixed
- Globalized the remote UI, so the German translations would be displayed.
2.4.0 October 31, 2025 — 64-bit MSI64-bit MSI64-bit MSI
Release notes
Added
- Added an optional dialog box to prompt the user to enter their reason for needing administrator rights.
- Added the ability to log off a user when their administrator rights expire. The message displayed before log off is customizable.
- Added logging of elevated processes.
- Added the ability to prompt the user for authentication before rights are granted.
- Added a setting to control which port the remote feature uses.
- Added feature to allow renewal of rights after expiration.
- Added a setting to control whether the UI closes after the user's rights expire.
- Added Danish translation, thanks to Bjørn Kelsen.
- Modified the installer to remove the added user XML file upon uninstallation.
- Modified the installer to add the product version to the registry.
- The version number will be stored in the value InstalledVersion at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sinclair Community College\Make Me Admin.
Changed
- Significant speed improvement in the code that checks the user against the allowed and denied lists, thanks to Martin Sheppard.
- Changed the service's Event Log source name to "Make Me Admin," adding spacing between the words.
- Updated group policy templates to reflect change from SIDs only to SIDs or names, thanks to Jakob Dahl.
- Migrated from .NET Framework version 4.5.2 to version 4.8.
Removed
- Removed the Exit button from the UI.
- Turned off automatic logging for service start and stop events.
Fixed
- Fixed an issue that would prevent syslogging from working if the syslog server was not in DNS.
- Fixed an issue where the service would check the authorization of the wrong principal, in automatic-add scenarios. (Issue #50)
- Fixed typos in French translation.
- Added better error handling in the UI app if the service is not listening.
2.3.81 October 13, 2025 3.5 MB 64-bit MSI 3.5 MB32-bit MSI 3.2 MB