Solved How do I disable Admin permission notice for a Windows 7 account

[hoofit]

Hi all,
Just got my new computer and like my old one it has been set up with Windows 7 on, yet with this one whenever I try to move a file or delete something it says admin permission needed and I have to click on continue and it lets me do it. But I have to do this every time.
How do I turn this off? As far as I knew I was an admin as I have the only account and I can seem to do things that need admin permission but I may have not.

Thanks for your time.

 

[Kaktussoft]

You have NO admin right by default, but you can get it temporay. That's why the prompt appears.

But in what folder do you delete a file and it gives the admin popup?
"my documents", "my pictures" .... all your personal folders work fine?

 

[hoofit]

Thanks for the quick reply,
My pictures and my documents work fine, that is there is no admin prompt there. Just appears to be custom folders.

Update
Interestingly I can not save files to custom folders.

 

[Kaktussoft]

Give me some examples of folder names for example C:\sdfgdf\dsfbdfb\test

 

[hoofit]

C:\ programfiles\ football. Hmm penny dropping, it might be because its in program files, though I didn't have this problem with my old windows 7 PC.

Update
Yes that appears to be it, no need for admin permission when its just in the C: irritating as I didn't have the problem with my old PC but I guess I can just move the folders to C:

 

[Kaktussoft]

Normal users cannot write/delete in C:\windows and C:\program files and c:\program files(x86)
Only allowed if they become admin

 

[hoofit]

Right I guess as you say I am a normal user, sorry about that!

 

[Kaktussoft]

C:\ programfiles\ football. Hmm penny dropping, it might be because its in program files, though I didn't have this problem with my old windows 7 PC.

Update
Yes that appears to be it, no need for admin permission when its just in the C: irritating as I didn't have the problem with my old PC but I guess I can just move the folders to C:

Why are you trying to write in C:\program files\football ? It's a folder specific for the program itself! Only dll, exe and maybe an install logfile. Maybe some add-ons. The stuff is read/execute only

What the hack are you trying to copy or delete?

 

[hoofit]

No, sorry possibly not explaining myself I'm not trying to write in there I just stored word documents and pictures in C:/programfiles/football.

 

[Kaktussoft]

No, sorry possibly not explaining myself I'm not trying to write in there I just stored word documents and pictures in C:/programfiles/football.

Why? It's not a usual folder for that kind of stuff. Why not move the C:/programfiles/football folder to "my documents"? Then you have no problems at all

 

[hoofit]

That is what I am going to do right now

Thanks for your help!

 

[andrew129260]

Uac is what is protecting the program files and windows folders. These are protected folders and is the reason you have to click continue and get permission each time.

As already stated, your personal files should be stored where they normally would be, in documents, pictures, videos etc. Windows 7 expects these kinds of files to be there and as such works better when things are organized. I highly suggest you stay out of protected folder if you are not a advanced user.

While you might be an admin on your pc, UAC was made so that you are not running as admin until a prompt appears to elevate you. If you elevate yourself at the prompt, you are giving temporary admin privileges for that request and only that request.

UAC improves the security of the system greatly, and helps protect against threats and malware.

Some helpful links:

What is User Account Control?

User Account Control

How to display UAC prompt for file save to restricted location using c#? - Stack Overflow

 

[hoofit]

Thanks a lot, Andrew.

 

[andrew129260]

No problem, glad you found the info useful