UAC keeps popping up after Clean Install

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  • Brandon_Byrnes
    PCHF Member
    • Jan 2017
    • 626

    #1

    UAC keeps popping up after Clean Install

    I just installed a new HDD in my laptop and installed Windows 10 on it. Everything seems to be working fine except that when I use a couple of programs I keep getting a UAC pop-up asking permission to run the program. The two programs I use the most are TeraCopy and Eraser by Heidi. On my old HDD I wasn’t getting the UAC pop-ups. Both versions of Windows 10 were updated with the fall creators update. Since I am the only user on my laptop my account is setup at Admin and I am using my Microsoft Account to log in, I do see the option under Settings> Accounts, to log in with a local account instead, which I think I may have been doing on Windows 10 on my old HDD but I’m not really sure. On my old HDD when I logged in my profile picture was the same as it is on this HDD and it showed my Microsoft account name when I logged in, but I think you can sync a Microsoft account with a local user account so maybe thats what I did. I have tried going to Eraser and TeraCopys .exe files in Programs files and I checked run as Admin. I also right clicked the .exe file then went to properties>Security and set the permissions of SYSTEM, Administrators, and Users to Full Control yet I am still getting that annoying UAC pop-up when I try to use either program. I know I can totally disable UAC but I would have to be crazy to do that, but is there a way to disable UAC for certain programs? I have tried putting them in the Task Scheduler but that didn’t work, I also tried using this programs that creates a shortcut on the desktop to the program that the program has disabled UAC for. And it works if I click on those shortcuts but with both Eraser and TeraCopy they are in my context menu and when I click them in the context menu I get the UAC pop-up. I am also getting a pop-up when I try to delete a file in a default folder, like Downloads, and Pictures. The pop-up says You’ll need to provide administrator permission to delete this file, BUT I AM THE ONLY ADMIN ON THIS SYSTEM. So can someone help with these issues I’m having, really the most important is the issue with TeraCopy and Eraser because I use these programs constantly.
  • veeg
    PCHF Director
    • Jul 2016
    • 8977

    #2
    Hello

    I don’t think there is an option to disable the UAC in 10 for a single use. Maybe others can chime in about this.

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    • Rustys
      PCHF Member
      • Jul 2016
      • 7862

      #3
      Lets try this and see if it helps, sounds as if it is set to Always notify (annoy) me when…

      Open the Control Panel
      Set the View to Large Icons (can use Small Icons if preferred)
      Select User Accounts
      Select Change User Account Control Settings
      Once you set it where you want then Click OK
      Click Yes

      Some places I have read say to reboot others stated that it does not matter.

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      • Antman
        PCHF Member
        • Oct 2016
        • 316

        #4
        Use Task Scheduler to create an on demand task (with shortcut) to run with highest privileges.

        Steps here.
        How to disable UAC (User Account Control) Prompts for particular applications without turning off global UAC on your Windows.

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        • veeg
          PCHF Director
          • Jul 2016
          • 8977

          #5
          Any updates for us?

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          • veeg
            PCHF Director
            • Jul 2016
            • 8977

            #6
            Any updates for us? After 48 hrs this thread will be closed.

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