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Administrator Mode pop up
- Thank you BumSkull for your feedback. I will let the team know about this ask.
this configuration is dangerous and unsupported, there is more to UAC than just the UI and popups, which can be turned off without breaking web browsers.
do you have a genuine need for running in this configuration?
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Not that i want to get into a discussion about UAC here but yes I have a buisness need to keep it disabled.
alexbal Its a terminal emulator for our AS400. It stores it settings in HKLM/Software so it needs read and write access. Also uploads/downloads data via CSV files that can only be stored in the root of the c drive. Any attempts to run this app fail with UAC on. Even runing as admin with UAC on the app doesn't work right. It has not been updated since win7 days.
the application doesn't need to be patched or updated, you can build a shim for this application
if you haven't already the easiest thing you can try running it in compatibility for XP which is essentially pre UAC existing level compatibility, on first glance i would assume that you need to disable write virtualisation
the compatibility features in windows are genuinely good, though not too obvious to find or use, however i promise you this app can run on windows 10 without disabling UAC system wide
I understand that this is not what you are asking, but i urge you that pursuing this option should definitely be the long term goal
disabling UAC, just like disabling AV or firewall, should only be ever be a temporary measure for troubleshooting
a lot has changed since vista but the same advice and arguments which were relevant then still get thrown around now
- it may seem like a seperate matter but that is the root of the issue, you can reach out to microsoft to have help with getting your windows configuration and applications fixed usually for free for compatibility with windows 10, even if the sourcecode is lost
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/FastTrack/win-10-desktop-app-assure
the popup may seem like an issue, but likely micrsoft will likely block the browser from being able to run in unprotected mode at all, which is a move most support
that this is in a business context is also extremely concerning as this potentially falls foul of data protection rules and certificationsDeleted
UAC is not the topic here as such I am not going to discuss my need to keep it disabled, why or how bad anyone may think this is. The debate about UAC has been hashed out on hundreds of forums many thousands of times now. There is no need to do this again.
I understand that this popup is because I have UAC disabled. All I was asking was for a way to suppress the popup for anyone that chooses or must run with UAC disabled. At the very least stop the popup from showing every single time I click a link. Once I open the browser and it gives me the popup one time that should be enough. When a link opens a new tab in the browser where I was already presented with and closed the popup, it should not popup and tell me again. I already know that im in admin mode.
Possible alternitives would be to put a ADMIN MODE banner/icon/ect on the browser window to the right of the tabs under the Min,Max, X buttons. Something that like that where it would indicate all the time no matter what tab that its in Admin Mode but not intrusive after the first popup.
I do like the new Edge browser and have been using it alot since the Dev version first released. Before this I had never even once used the old/original Edge browser.
- Thank you BumSkull for your feedback. I will let the team know about this ask.
