Jan 2022 Update Added Admin Rights to my Shortcuts

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[blueboy714]

When I installed the Jan 2022 updates to my Win 10 Home PC yesterday it added a run as Administrator ONLY mode to many of my desktop links and shortcuts and will only let me run the programs when I am in admin mode – which isn’t really a problem since it is my personal PC and I am admin.

Is there a way to remove the admin only mode from these links so I can run these programs as a different owner?  I thought I used to know how to do this – but have forgotten how.

Also – is there a way to prevent this when I install programs/apps in the future?

Thanks

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Don’t know how an update would do that.  The setting you want is in the Advanced properties of the Properties of the short cut.

Right click the short cut and select the Shortcut tab

Click the Advanced button

Uncheck the box to Run as administrator.

HTH, Dana:))

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Drcard:)) wrote:

Don’t know how an update would do that.  The setting you want is in the Advanced properties of the Properties of the short cut.

Right click the short cut and select the Shortcut tab

Click the Advanced button

Uncheck the box to Run as administrator.

HTH, Dana:))

That was the first thing I tried, but none of boxes have “run as administrator” checked.

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Right-click the icon. Choose “Properties.” Look under the “Compatability” tab and see if “Run as Administrator” is checked there.

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The shield is supposed to mean that the program requires privilege elevation to run and may cause a UAC prompt. It is NOT supposed to indicate that it is run in administrator mode.

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PKCano wrote:

Right-click the icon. Choose “Properties.” Look under the “Compatability” tab and see if “Run as Administrator” is checked there.

No luck.

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joep517 wrote:

The shield is supposed to mean that the program requires privilege elevation to run and may cause a UAC prompt. It is NOT supposed to indicate that it is run in administrator mode.

It is a causing a UAC prompt – I guess the question is how to stop/suppress this.

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You can change the UAC settings in the Control Panel. Open Control Panel. Click User Accounts. Click User Accounts again. Click Change User Account Control Settings. Then use the slider to change the UAC setting. Try the default which is the second level.

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joep517 wrote:

You can change the UAC settings in the Control Panel. Open Control Panel. Click User Accounts. Click User Accounts again. Click Change User Account Control Settings. Then use the slider to change the UAC setting. Try the default which is the second level.

That’s how it was set up when I purchased the PC.  The only user account is my user which has admin rights.

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Is that how it is set now?

You can change it to disable the UAC prompt. IMO, the UAC prompt is a minor inconvenience and gives the opportunity to pause and make sure that the program is OK.

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joep517 wrote:

Is that how it is set now?

You can change it to disable the UAC prompt. IMO, the UAC prompt is a minor inconvenience and gives the opportunity to pause and make sure that the program is OK.

That’s how it is set now.  As I mentioned in my original post “(it) isn’t really a problem since it is my personal PC and I am admin.”  I was more curious how to change it back to what is was before the Jan 2022 update (no UAC shield icon on desktop shortcuts).

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My backup software always has the uac icon.  Did you get a feature update that reset the UAC setting? Mere patches shouldn’t reset, however installing a feature update may.

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Susan Bradley wrote:

My backup software always has the uac icon.  Did you get a feature update that reset the UAC setting? Mere patches shouldn’t reset, however installing a feature update may.

Just the usual stuff – Cumulative update for Win 10 21H2 and NET, Malicious software removal and a couple Intel driver updates.

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