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Some programs will only work if run as admin
Hi all
I'm a new member to the site and I have a question regarding a new install of Windows 7 on a new SSD.
I upgraded my system three weeks ago and swapped out the mobo, CPU, RAM and hard drive.
Because of this, I did a fresh install of Windows 7 on the new 120Gb SSD.
Last week, I noticed that some programs will only run if I right click and run as an administrator. for reference, when I try to double left clik to run nothing happens. No cursor change, no spike in CPU/RAM activity, nothing at all.
I have a few storage drives upon which I install all non-system programs and the odd thing is that any program that predates the new install of Win7 will run absolutely perfectly if I left click as normal. Any program installed after the upgrade will only work if I right click and run as admin.
I've run MBAM, BitDefender, AdAware and Nod32 and there are no viruses that I can find.
I thought it might be that the computer has lost the association for .exe programs but that isn't the case if older programs run fine from a left click.
I have turned UAC off and that hasn't done anything to help.
So this is a cry for help. i feel sure that I am missing something fundamental but as I have never encountered this issue beofre, I have no answers.
Googling this question just turns up a lot of people who appear to have the same problem for ALL programs (which I don't) and there are numerous 'fixes', many of which I have tried to no avail.
Any help gratefully received please.
Thanks
Last edited by Scootmien; 20 Aug 2012 at 07:21. Reason: added more info