Windows 10 Phone Link appears briefly after clicking the shortcut then vanishes unless I run it in adminstrator mode.

[Chuck Baggett]

When I click the Phone Link shortcut to run it, The opening dialog appears briefly, then vanishes, leaving an icon in the notification area that stays there until I get the cursor almost all the way to it, but it vanishes just before I can click on the notification area icon, every time. If I right click the Phone Link icon and use the "Run as administrator" option, Phone Link runs and works as it should. You can't check the "Run as administrator" option in the shortcut properties dialog, and besides, one should not have to do that. The option for "Run in background" is on. I've done

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