diff --git a/src/runner/main.cpp b/src/runner/main.cpp
index 094c3d18b9..2d5b4d592a 100644
--- a/src/runner/main.cpp
+++ b/src/runner/main.cpp
@@ -443,10 +443,9 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine
     if (is_restart_scheduled())
     {
         if (!restart_if_scheduled())
-
         {
-            Logger::warn("Scheduled restart failed. Trying restart as admin as fallback...");
-            restart_same_elevation();
+            // If it's not possible to restart non-elevated due to some condition in the user's configuration, user should start PowerToys manually.
+            Logger::warn("Scheduled restart failed. Couldn't restart non-elevated. PowerToys exits here because retrying it would just mean failing in a loop.");
         }
     }
     stop_tray_icon();
diff --git a/src/runner/restart_elevated.cpp b/src/runner/restart_elevated.cpp
index dc6346dfbb..6a911c635c 100644
--- a/src/runner/restart_elevated.cpp
+++ b/src/runner/restart_elevated.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ bool restart_if_scheduled()
     case RestartAsElevatedOpenSettings:
         return run_elevated(exe_path.get(), L"--open-settings");
     case RestartAsNonElevated:
-        return run_non_elevated(exe_path.get(), L"--dont-elevate", NULL);
+        return run_non_elevated(exe_path.get(), L"", NULL);
     default:
         return false;
     }
@@ -52,5 +52,5 @@ bool restart_same_elevation()
     constexpr DWORD exe_path_size = 0xFFFF;
     auto exe_path = std::make_unique<wchar_t[]>(exe_path_size);
     GetModuleFileNameW(nullptr, exe_path.get(), exe_path_size);
-    return run_same_elevation(exe_path.get(), L"--dont-elevate", nullptr);
+    return run_same_elevation(exe_path.get(), L"", nullptr);
 }