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    Any way to stop the recurring appearance of "don't run as administrator" dialogue box

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    • S Offline
      Sheikah
      last edited by

      Just technically for windows these days if the user is admin and also has UAC turned off then everything is run with admin privileges by default

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      • MachM Offline
        Mach @Katharsas
        last edited by Mach

        @katharsas said in Any way to stop the recurring appearance of "don't run as administrator" dialogue box:

        It does not matter if your user has the "Administrator" role. My user is admin as well and i don't get this warning. You get this warning if you start the client AS admin.

        I just normally open it (double click) and it gives me that dialogue box every time

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        • UvesoU Offline
          Uveso
          last edited by

          @Mach

          i also asked for this long time ago.
          don't expect any help with this issue.

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          • MachM Offline
            Mach
            last edited by

            did you find any workaround?

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            • Brutus5000B Offline
              Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin
              last edited by

              Workaround: configure your windows as recommended by Microsoft

              "Nerds have a really complicated relationship with change: Change is awesome when WE'RE the ones doing it. As soon as change is coming from outside of us it becomes untrustworthy and it threatens what we think of is the familiar."
              – Benno Rice

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              • ? Offline
                A Former User @Brutus5000
                last edited by

                @brutus5000 How?

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                • ZLOZ Offline
                  ZLO
                  last edited by

                  Enable UAC (this is what recommended by microsoft)
                  a10df901-f36f-43ca-b096-c6b4dc5f84e3-image.png
                  This can already be enough to solve the problem
                  Then make sure that users have rights to "C:\programdata\faforever" folder
                  or just delete it and the problem should no longer appear, FAF should redownload files with correct settings

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                  • MachM Offline
                    Mach @ZLO
                    last edited by

                    is this dialogue box a client thing or a windows thing, because I can't find any other program that does this to find a solution? just to be sure I am talking about this:

                    alt text

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                    • ? Offline
                      A Former User @Mach
                      last edited by

                      @mach I solved this following the Zlo's post.

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                      • MachM Offline
                        Mach
                        last edited by

                        unfortunately I already had it set like that and it still pops up

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                        • ZLOZ Offline
                          ZLO @Mach
                          last edited by

                          @mach did you try to delete FAForever folder from programdata?
                          (or can move it if you care about content of it, like replays or custom strategic icons)

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                          • MachM Offline
                            Mach @ZLO
                            last edited by

                            @zlo said in Any way to stop the recurring appearance of "don't run as administrator" dialogue box:

                            @mach did you try to delete FAForever folder from programdata?

                            I just did but same thing happens when I open FAF afterwards

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                            • ? Offline
                              A Former User
                              last edited by A Former User

                              I store all data on disk D, so I succeeded on the pressing-the-OK-button step.

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                              • K Offline
                                Katharsas
                                last edited by

                                @Mach
                                Make sure to rightclick the shortcut (what you double click) and make sure the admin option is disabled:

                                Screenshot 2023-02-08 002616.png

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                                • MachM Offline
                                  Mach
                                  last edited by

                                  it is unchecked

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                                  • K Offline
                                    Katharsas
                                    last edited by

                                    Ok then pls also check this one:
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                                    If that does not help then i would say your windows or FAF install has been fiddled with by some third party program (any "Tuning" programs or similar running?) in a bad way.

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                                    • MachM Offline
                                      Mach
                                      last edited by

                                      oh I dont have that tab, I was using the .exe itself, not a shortcut

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                                      • K Offline
                                        Katharsas
                                        last edited by

                                        Well, either your security permissions are messed up, or you have third party software messing something up.

                                        On a default windows installation your applications never run as admin unless the app itself is reqeusting admin rights, which the FAF client does not do.

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