MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online RPGs) require admin privs to run,
because they often update patch data.
Unfortunately for certain games, this causes a problem because you can't run
a game as admin from the Game Explorer by right clicking on it. Some games
were designed knowing about UAC, and have made workarounds. Older games
require you to go to properties and hit run as admin, and then require you to
click accept to play the game or patch it. Such as Vanguard or Final Fantasy
XI.
This however, does not happen if you have the game out of Program Files, and
in a folder such as C:\games (i found this out from WoW customer support when
the game wouldn't patch when executed from the Game Explorer)
"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:
Quote:
> =?Utf-8?B?RGVmbWV0YWw=?= <Defmetal@xxxxxx> wrote in
> news:4210FFE4-A88A-4708-B19A-C31A2BDDA8FA@xxxxxx:
> Quote:
> > I am moving a lot of my games out of the Program Files folder into
> > C:\Games so that UAC doesn't ask permission to play most of my games
> > anymore.
>
> Open Games Explorer
> Click Options above the icons
> Click Unhide Games
> Click OK
>
> might work, otherwise, Windows isn't designed to have files moved around,
> it's great you got some games to work ok, but you're probably just screwed
> on other things.
>
> Instead of moving files around, why not just Disable User Account Control
> from the User Accounts control panel?
>
> UAC shouldn't come up when you run a game, only when you install it.
>
> sounds like system problems, and moving programs around your HD is probably
> just makin it worse.
>
> --
> -A.
>