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

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    • MachM
      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
        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
          Mach
          last edited by

          did you find any workaround?

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          • Brutus5000B
            Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin
            last edited by

            Workaround: configure your windows as recommended by Microsoft

            He said, "I've been to the year 3000
            Not much has changed, but they live underwater
            And your great-great-great-granddaughter
            Is playin' FAF, playin' FAF"

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            • ?
              A Former User @Brutus5000
              last edited by

              @brutus5000 How?

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              • ZLOZ
                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

                TA4Life: "At the very least we are not slaves to the UI" | http://www.youtube.com/user/dimatularus | http://www.twitch.tv/zlo_rd

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                • MachM
                  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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                  • ?
                    A Former User @Mach
                    last edited by

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

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                    • MachM
                      Mach
                      last edited by

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

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                      • ZLOZ
                        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)

                        TA4Life: "At the very least we are not slaves to the UI" | http://www.youtube.com/user/dimatularus | http://www.twitch.tv/zlo_rd

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                        • MachM
                          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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                          • ?
                            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
                              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
                                Mach
                                last edited by

                                it is unchecked

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                                • K
                                  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
                                    Mach
                                    last edited by

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

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                                    • K
                                      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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