>most simple example:
>Open notepad as admin File->Open, select documents on left hand pane. This is the admins folder. I have a link to a share there (this share looks the same for every user, but is different folder on the server) and I end up in the admins share.
>
>So windows (8.1) seems to act consistent on that.
>

Well that is a workaround, mine (if I am in a computer where I did not update the registry as I showed Fabio in another message) is to start cmd as an admin, map the network drive and launch the desired application from there, so the only thing windows achieved was to annoy me :)

>The right way would be to log off, log on as admin and do the job there. There simply should be no need to access the users shares / mapped drives etc. for administrative jobs.

The right way is to ditch Windows altogether and use Linux and start sudoing away, but life loves my lemonades :)