Hello,
everytime I try to run programs that require UAC confirmation, an error message appears, saying that the file cant be found or nothing happens. I tried to change the UAC settings, but that requires the UAC confirmation as well. I have the administrator rights and I am the only user.
Thank you in advance.
Hello PootisMan, and welcome to Seven Forums.
See if doing a system restore (at boot if needed) using a restore point dated before this started may be able to undo and fix this for you. :)
Hello Brink,
thanks for your reply, but unfortunately i cannot do that, because I am using a Lenovo and it has its own recovery program, which is not set to make restoration points. Also, the Windows recovery requires a UAC confirmation too.
In that case, see if using the .reg file in step 2 of the tutorial below may be able to help. This will also restore the default registry entries for "Run as administrator".
Run as Administrator - Add or Remove from Context Menu in Windows 7
I'm thinking the registry key below may be the issue if it's not still like below.
Code:[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command] @="\"%1\" %*" "IsolatedCommand"="\"%1\" %*"
The .reg file needs an UAC confirmation as well as regedit. Its all a vicious circle :/
When I try to open regedit, the same error message appears.
I was afraid of that.
Do you have another administrator account on the computer that you could log on to and see if it does the same in it?
Unfortunately I have just this one account.
In that case, you may need to reinstall Windows since you are not able to do anything that requires elevation.
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