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

@Mach

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

did you find any workaround?

Workaround: configure your windows as recommended by Microsoft

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@brutus5000 How?

Enable UAC (this is what recommended by microsoft)
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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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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:

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

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

@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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@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

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

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

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it is unchecked

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.

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

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.