clientupdate: clarify how to run update as Administrator on Windows (#10043)

Make the error message a bit more helpful for users.

Updates #9456

Signed-off-by: Andrew Lytvynov <awly@tailscale.com>
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Andrew Lytvynov 7 months ago committed by GitHub
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@ -722,7 +722,12 @@ func (up *Updater) updateWindows() error {
}
if !winutil.IsCurrentProcessElevated() {
return errors.New("must be run as Administrator")
return errors.New(`update must be run as Administrator
you can run the command prompt as Administrator one of these ways:
* right-click cmd.exe, select 'Run as administrator'
* press Windows+x, then press a
* press Windows+r, type in "cmd", then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter`)
}
if !up.confirm(ver) {
return nil

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