Firefox elevated privileges required now?

premier69

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I just formatted my windows 7 build 6801 and installed build 7000 and I have just restored my profile and plugins, everything from my previous windows install but when trying to start firefox from the startmenu nothing happens untill i right click and choose run as administrator and it seems i have to do this each time i want to start firefox, how do i fix this?
 

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White Box
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Windows 7 RTM x64
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Core 2 Quad 2.6GHz
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Gigabyte Ga-x48-ds5
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4GB Ram
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Asus nvidia 260
Sound Card
Built in, Using Optical Out with Logitech Z-5500 5.1
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Acer T230H & Samsung LCD TV FULL HD "LE46B530"
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750 watt
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Antec P180
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Default Intel stock
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Logitech Dinovo edge
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wireless laser mouse
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15mbit Cable
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Primary monitor is multitouch (yay)
How did you install it, run as admin?

Could it have anything to do with restoring you former profile?
 

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Homebuilt
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Windows 7 x64
CPU
i7-2600K
Motherboard
Asus P8Z77-v Pro
Memory
8 G
Graphics Card(s)
GTX 480
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
LG W2753V
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Crucial M4 128 G SSD
I'm not sure, i found that many had experienced the same problem and i doubt all of them restored their profile.

I don't think i installed with admin rights but i fixed it by simply disabling the UAC
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
White Box
OS
Windows 7 RTM x64
CPU
Core 2 Quad 2.6GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte Ga-x48-ds5
Memory
4GB Ram
Graphics Card(s)
Asus nvidia 260
Sound Card
Built in, Using Optical Out with Logitech Z-5500 5.1
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer T230H & Samsung LCD TV FULL HD "LE46B530"
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 + 1920x1080
Hard Drives
8 of them, about 6.5TB
PSU
750 watt
Case
Antec P180
Cooling
Default Intel stock
Keyboard
Logitech Dinovo edge
Mouse
wireless laser mouse
Internet Speed
15mbit Cable
Other Info
Primary monitor is multitouch (yay)
I just installed FF when I first installed 7 and just replaced the new profile with my old one in appdata/roaming/mozilla/firefox/profiles. Deleted the new one, put in my old one and changed it in configuration settings in the notepad with my old profile name and saved it and it works just fine without any needed admin rights.
 

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PC/Desktop
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Airbot 2.0
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
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Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, *26c idle *65c full load on air
Motherboard
Asus P6X58D Premium - Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0
Memory
12GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 at 1600MHz
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Zotac Geforce GTX 770
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ASUS Xonar D2X
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1 LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF 1 Samsung 24" P2450H both 2ms RT
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1920x1080@60hz
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1 Samsung 250GB 840 Evo SSD
1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache
2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS)

Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M
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Corsair HX1000W
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Cooler Master HAF 932
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Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme
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Logitech Wireless MK700
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Logitech Wireless MK700
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DL 15 Mbps UL 0.98 Mbps
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None
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Firefox Nightly
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Processor-7.7 *RAM- 7.9 *Graphics-7.9 *Gaming Graphics- 7.9 *SSD- 7.8 W.E.I final score= 7.7
*Phone- LG Nexus 5
thats what i did, atleast i think so, i've done it so many times, even in windows 7 build 6801 which didn't give me any hassle.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
White Box
OS
Windows 7 RTM x64
CPU
Core 2 Quad 2.6GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte Ga-x48-ds5
Memory
4GB Ram
Graphics Card(s)
Asus nvidia 260
Sound Card
Built in, Using Optical Out with Logitech Z-5500 5.1
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer T230H & Samsung LCD TV FULL HD "LE46B530"
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 + 1920x1080
Hard Drives
8 of them, about 6.5TB
PSU
750 watt
Case
Antec P180
Cooling
Default Intel stock
Keyboard
Logitech Dinovo edge
Mouse
wireless laser mouse
Internet Speed
15mbit Cable
Other Info
Primary monitor is multitouch (yay)
Everytime I've done it like that, I have no problems afterwards, wouldn't hurt to try it all over again from the firefox install.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
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Airbot 2.0
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU
Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, *26c idle *65c full load on air
Motherboard
Asus P6X58D Premium - Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0
Memory
12GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 at 1600MHz
Graphics Card(s)
Zotac Geforce GTX 770
Sound Card
ASUS Xonar D2X
Monitor(s) Displays
1 LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF 1 Samsung 24" P2450H both 2ms RT
Screen Resolution
1920x1080@60hz
Hard Drives
1 Samsung 250GB 840 Evo SSD
1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache
2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS)

Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M
PSU
Corsair HX1000W
Case
Cooler Master HAF 932
Cooling
Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless MK700
Mouse
Logitech Wireless MK700
Internet Speed
DL 15 Mbps UL 0.98 Mbps
Antivirus
None
Browser
Firefox Nightly
Other Info
Processor-7.7 *RAM- 7.9 *Graphics-7.9 *Gaming Graphics- 7.9 *SSD- 7.8 W.E.I final score= 7.7
*Phone- LG Nexus 5
Hi premier69

Check your security permissions in your profile folder you need your login to have full rights to access and modify entries, you may find that one or more files has lost the required rights.

I keep my profile separate from my system drive and pint the program to the profile after each install but have to a full rights for my user to it to work
 

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    Logitech Wireless MX Keys & K400 + others
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