Despite being logged in as the administrator I still sometimes need to right-click and select 'run as administrator' to get programs & games to run otherwise they just literally do nothing, no error message, just nothing.
I think the reason I can't get a steam game running is this problem. But since I am already logged in as administrator I can't think of anything to do about this problem.
I think somewhere in any particular program EXE's properties is a place you can check the box for Run this program as an administrator. Now, whether this works, I'm still not sure, some of my EXEs do ok, some - not so much.
(OPTION SIX) Run as Administrator
Last edited by Brink; 13 May 2016 at 09:45. Reason: added tutorial link for more info
Hi and welcome.
What you are experiencing is normal.
Windows 7 prevents malicious programs from running inside an administrator account by requiring the user to specify running some programs at an elevated level.
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