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Heinrich Moser
Hi!
UAC is a nice feature, but I've noticed two things with Windows
Explorer and UAC that I don't like at all:
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).
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...").
My question: Is there some way to change this (some registry key,
group policy setting or updated explorer.exe) without deactivating
UAC?
Greetings,
Heinzi
UAC is a nice feature, but I've noticed two things with Windows
Explorer and UAC that I don't like at all:
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).
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...").
My question: Is there some way to change this (some registry key,
group policy setting or updated explorer.exe) without deactivating
UAC?
Greetings,
Heinzi