My apps need to be ran as administrator in order to create files

Question

Hello, i just found out that i need to run every app as administrator in order to use them properly. I wanted to create a project in unity then i got an error that it cannot create a project folder. Ran it as an admin and it worked

Then i tried drawing something in photoshop but it wouldn't let me save it "Access is denied" Ran it as an admin and it worked. i want to enable my apps to use my files or create other files, how do i do this for all of them without running them as an administrator?

Answer 1

If your UAC settings are too restrictive, they might be preventing apps from functioning correctly without administrative privileges.

Open the User Account Control settings.

Move the slider to the second position from the top, labeled Notify me only when apps try to make changes to my computer (default).

Click OK to apply the changes.

Answer 2

i got an error that it cannot create a project folder

Modify the security permissions on that folder and grant your user account, or the Users group full control.

There are many sites and videos on the net that show how to do that.

https://www.bing.com/search?pglt=41&q=windows+set+file+permissions

Answer 3

If you create files and folders in locations that ordinarily do not require administrative privileges then your app need not run with administrator privileges. For example your application would have full access to any file or folder that you created under your user profile. So the question is what file system locations are you writing to that require administrator privileges to allow access?

Answer 4

Hello,

You can review your User Account Control (UAC) settings using the following link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secauthz/user-account-control

To adjust the UAC settings via Command Prompt (run as Administrator), use the command below to disable UAC by setting the value to 0, or set it to 1 for the default configuration:

reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

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