REQUIRES ELEVATION? what does this mean

[primamedia1]

When I try to use Writer I get a message that says REQUIRES ELEVATION and writer will not open, what does that mean!

[DiGro]

You have to use an account with elevated user rights on Windows to be able to use Writer.

Probably you have installed with Administrator rights

answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum wrote:
You may already be logged on your system as a user that is a member of the local administrators, however Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 offer additional layers of Security to help protect your system. This is called UAC or User Access Control. Basically even though you're on as administrator Windows protects certain administrative functions with another security layer. You've probably seen the screen get dimmed and a dialogue asking you if you want to Continue or Cancel a certain operation. This is UAC asking if you're really really really sure you want to do what you're about to do and making sure you're the one trying to do it and not a rouge process or virus trying to take over.

In order to change the ownership of the files you can...

1. go in to the properties of the folder that contains the files you need to take ownership of
2. click on the security tab
3. click Advanced
4. click on the Owner tab
5. Click Edit...
6. Select the account name in the Change owner to list that you want to take ownership
7. Check the box, Replace owner on subcontainers and objects
8. Click OK

The ownership information will be updated on all of the objects in the folder including subcontainers (or the subfolders). Depending on how many files and folders there are under your starting point this make take some time to complete. Once it's down you will be able to modify the Security permissions as you wish for the files and folders (such as Full Control, Read Only, Read & Write, etc).

NOTE: If you're not logged on as an administrator on your system, the above steps will not work as taking over file object ownership requires administrator privileges.

[LastUnicorn]

If it was me I would try switching from OpenOffice to LibreOffice, you might find that that solves the problem. There are several good reasons for making the switch anyway, some of which are mentioned here: [Tutorial] Considering a Switch from OpenOffice to LibreOffice? Some Useful Information

[keme]

On some level, your system is attempting an operation which would violate assigned rights.

In my experience ...

• The overall most common reason for this is trying to perform administrator tasks from a non admin account.
• The most common reason in OpenOffice context is when the OpenOffice app itself tries to access modules/libraries which it has not been granted access to.

I have identified two types of cases where this happens, both connected to OpenOffice suite being a 32-bit app installed in a 64-bit environment.
Note that I do not have thorough knowledge of the actual systems right management for Windows, so my "identified reasons" are merely educated guesses.

OpenOffice is installed in a custom location
e.g. a subfolder of the Program Files folder when it should have been installed within Program files (x86)

It looks to me like access to the "dotnet" system libraries is granted depending on location, so only apps residing in Program files (or a subfolder thereof) will be inherently allowed access to 64-bit libraries, and only those residing in Program Files (x86) folder are inherently granted access to 32-bit libraries. The installer should explicitly grant access for a custom location, but apparently it doesn't (or didn't at the time I last saw this; last seen quite a while ago).

Open Office is configured to use 64-bit Java

Some parts of OpenOffice depend on Java, and the Java runtimes need to be configured manually. Typically the 64-bit Java is easily available and possibly even preinstalled, but the 32-bit version needs some extra effort to install on 64-bit Windows. If 32-bit Java is not installed, all you find is the 64-bit runtime. If you configure that for use in OpenOffice, the system will complain.

Suggestion
Easy: As others already suggested, install LibreOffice. LO is available as a 64-bit native app also for Windows, so the above issues will not be relevant.

Involved: If for some reason you need to keep using OpenOffice (established integrations, imposed limitations in workstation policy, etc.):

• Uninstall and reinstall to a proper location (inside Program Files (x86) )
• Visit the manual download page for Java to download the 32-bit installer.
  I'd normally use the offline version, but in practice - for single install - there is little difference between online installer and offline installer.
• Reboot your PC
• Start any OpenOffice app
• Select menu item Tools - Options
• In the left pane of the Options dialog, expand the OpenOffice branch and select the Java item
• Above the right pane, tick the box to use a java runtime environment.
  A "Oracle Corporation" item may already be present. Select it and see that the path below specifies Program Files (x86)
• If there is no suitable item to select, click the add button, browse into C:\Program files (x86)\Java and select the jre... folder item.
• OK your way out of it and restart OpenOffice (maybe reboot your computer again to be on the safe side).

Not recommended: I would not try to assign run rights for software library modules by manual procedures, unless you are well versed in system level operations on MS Windows (or feeling adventurous). Do not base rights assignments on my guesswork. Proceed on own accord!