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Re: UAC and Windows Explorer
Heinrich Moser wrote:
> Hi!
>
> UAC is a nice feature, but I've noticed two things with Windows
> Explorer and UAC that I don't like at all:
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> 1. It's not possible to start Windows Explorer in "run as
> Administrator" mode. Well, you can start it like that (and confirm
> the UAC dialog), but it's still running in restricted mode (popping
> up a UAC dialog for every single file system change outside your
> home directory).
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> 2. When you try to use Windows Explorer to create a shortcut to some
> program outside your home directory (for example in
> ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\..., which seems to me to
> be a quite common location to create shortcuts), you don't get a
> UAC prompt but rather an error ("Windows cannot create a shortcut
> here...").
I tend to get a warning that I need admin approval to do that, followed
by a UAC prompt. Which is also slightly annoying - why ask twice?
>
> My question: Is there some way to change this (some registry key,
> group policy setting or updated explorer.exe) without deactivating
> UAC?
>
> Greetings,
> Heinzi
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