# adminAuth not working windows 10
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adminauth-not-working-windows-10/52521
**Category:** General
**Created:** [21 October 2021 17:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adminauth-not-working-windows-10/52521 "2021-10-21T17:15:03Z")
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [21 October 2021 19:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adminauth-not-working-windows-10/52521/2 "2021-10-21T19:33:27Z")
> [@Yonny24](#):
>
> Nodered service was created and runs as the local system account
Unless you tell the service to run node-red with command line parameters, it will NOT be using that folder.
You have two choices...
1. create account "node-red" and run the service under that account - you will see that it creates `C:\Users\node-red\.node-red\settings.js` on first run
2. add command line parameters to tell the service to use the folder `C:\Users\jon\.node-red`
The docs tell you what the command line parameters are (or run node-red --help)...
```bash
C:\Users\xxxxx>node-red --help
Node-RED v2.0.5
Usage: node-red [-v] [-?] [--settings settings.js] [--userDir DIR]
[--port PORT] [--title TITLE] [--safe] [flows.json]
node-red admin [args] [-?] [--userDir DIR] [--json]
Options:
-p, --port PORT port to listen on
-s, --settings FILE use specified settings file
--title TITLE process window title
-u, --userDir DIR use specified user directory
-v, --verbose enable verbose output
--safe enable safe mode
-D, --define X=Y overwrite value in settings file
-?, --help show this help
admin run an admin command
Documentation can be found at http://nodered.org
```
e.g. set your service to run `node-red -u C:\Users\jon\.node-red`
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