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

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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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