HoN Desktop Icon: UAC shield

[Dampkring]

Hi everyone, just wanted to know if it is possible to get rid of the UAC shield without disabling UAC, still want to run the application as admin, would creating Elevated Program Shortcut be the solution?
I have this issue only with the Heroes of Newerth icon, I can run all my other programs as admin without having the shield on my icon. Any ideas? Thanks

 

[zigzag3143]

Hi everyone, just wanted to know if it is possible to get rid of the UAC shield without disabling UAC, still want to run the application as admin, would creating Elevated Program Shortcut be the solution?
I have this issue only with the Heroes of Newerth icon, I can run all my other programs as admin without having the shield on my icon. Any ideas? Thanks

UAC shield? could you explain?

 

[Dampkring]

The blue/yellow shield on the icon:

 

[LEWke]

Hi Dampkring,
I was interested by your question, so I took about one hour for reading the internet ... Many people have the same desire, but there seems to be no real good solution, it's connected to the UAC. The most probable solution is to change the icon of the shield (make it transparent) via an "imageres.dll". I did not tested this solution by myself... Good luck with this one:
First locate "imageres.dll" in Win 7 System32 folder (C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll)
Copy it on your desktop.
Download Resource Hacker or PE Explorer.
Open the imageres.dll file in ResHacker or PE Explorer.
Go to the IMAGE folder (image 838 to 856).
replace the image for your current resolution.
Save and copy this file to Win 7 System32 folder after backing up the original imageres.dll file

Maybe this works?
Kind reg,

 

[Jacee]

I think the shield means that you're running the program as an (the) Administrator.

 

[Dampkring]

Hi Dampkring,
I was interested by your question, so I took about one hour for reading the internet ... Many people have the same desire, but there seems to be no real good solution, it's connected to the UAC. The most probable solution is to change the icon of the shield (make it transparent) via an "imageres.dll". I did not tested this solution by myself... Good luck with this one:
First locate "imageres.dll" in Win 7 System32 folder (C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll)
Copy it on your desktop.
Download Resource Hacker or PE Explorer.
Open the imageres.dll file in ResHacker or PE Explorer.
Go to the IMAGE folder (image 838 to 856).
replace the image for your current resolution.
Save and copy this file to Win 7 System32 folder after backing up the original imageres.dll file

Maybe this works?
Kind reg,

well thanx for your post, seems a little bit abused for such a little detail though ^^

 

[MacGyvr]

The UAC shield means that the program (or some portion of it) requires elevation to run.

 

[speedgamer01]

Yaaay, I've managed to do it...
I know this thread is old, but if someone comes here through googling and is really interested in this, I will explain it for him/her.

 

[Dampkring]

Well yea, I don't play HoN anymore but could be interesting

 

[Britton30]

Please, it can help others.

 

[Zomby88]

Turn off user account control. You may have to reinstall the program.

 

[bru]

Yaaay, I've managed to do it...
I know this thread is old, but if someone comes here through googling and is really interested in this, I will explain it for him/her.

Please tell how you did it.

I've tried to do this for the entire time I've had Win 7. The fact that I want to keep UAC enabled makes it difficult. If I turn off UAC and then change the icon as soon as I reenable UAC the shield comes back. I have the shield on so many programs, MBAM, SpywareBlaster, Speccy where it seems like it shouldn't even be there to start with. I haven't tried to reinstall the programs without UAC enabled but I think once it is enabled something won't be right.

 

[speedgamer01]

*Warning*
Follow this tutorial at your own risk. I will help you with everything if you leave a reply. Read the text carefully.

Update(2011/Aug): no need for second OS!

You wil need:
- to download my patched imageres.dll file
- to download Windows file replacer

Step 1: Preparing & BackUp
Alright here's the deal, the rest of the system icons are stored in 1 file (System32\imageres.dll). You want to replace the uac (blue/yellow shield) icon. As you can see, mine is already replaced with a blank icon:



I found that both of my systems (win 7 enterprise 32 and 64 bit) has the same imageres.dll file, other editions' file may vary so before you continue check these details of Your file, if these details do not match stop here:


If everything is like above, go to Windows\System32\imageres.dll and copy imageres.dll by pressing Ctrl+C, and Ctrl+V then rename your new file to imageres_dll.backup
OR navigate to a folder where you want to back it up, and paste it with Ctrl+V.

When you're done, you can download my modified DLL file Here.


Step 2: Replacing imageres.dll

Download Windows Se7en File Replacer, unzip and run the software.
Click on "Manual" this will allow you to locate the new and then the old imageres.dll (C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll)
It will actomatically create a backup file at the same place where imageres.dll was originally located, when it's done it will promt to you to reboot.

Viola! if you have done these steps right you will see that your uac icons are now gone.
Here you can find out how to remove the shortcut arrows, to get a tidier look!


Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
SG

 

[RickNunez]

*Warning*
Follow this tutorial at your own risk. I will help you with everything if you leave a reply. Read the text carefully.

Update(2011/Aug): no need for second OS!

You wil need:
- to download my patched imageres.dll file
- to download Windows file replacer

Step 1: Preparing & BackUp
Alright here's the deal, the rest of the system icons are stored in 1 file (System32\imageres.dll). You want to replace the uac (blue/yellow shield) icon. As you can see, mine is already replaced with a blank icon:
View attachment 165364


It works. I downloaded Se7en_File_Replacer in other place, because the link not works. Thanks.

 

[Night AoX]

Another Method

As per this tutorial:

UAC Shield icon overlay doesn't disappear even that UAC is - Microsoft Community

Method:

1. Open the Search box from Charms bar( if you're using a mouse, pointing to the upper-right corner of the screen, moving the mouse pointer down, and then clicking Search).

2. Type cmd in the search box.

3. Open command prompt and type

taskkill/im explorer.exe /f - Press Enter
cd /d %userprofile%\appdata\local - Press Enter
del iconcache.db /a - Press Enter

4. And restart your computer.

 

[speedgamer01]

I DO NOT recommend doing the above written.

This clears icon cache, but not necessarily removes the overlay. Also, you have to restart explorer.exe afterwards to be able to shut down the computer conveniently.

BTW W7 file replacer that I've linked above is able to do this with a single click.

 

[Night AoX]

I DO NOT recommend doing the above written.

This clears icon cache, but not necessarily removes the overlay. Also, you have to restart explorer.exe afterwards to be able to shut down the computer conveniently.

BTW W7 file replacer that I've linked above is able to do this with a single click.

No it works. I wouldn't have posted a method that didn't work for me & just say it does. I did it under an Administrator account with UAC turned off already. Not sure what happens in other scenarios. & you don't have to restart explorer.exe. Alternatively, you can just press the power button once & wait for it to shut down. Or press Ctrl+Alt+Del & choose restart from the power options. Why do you say you do NOT reccommend this procedure? The Microsoft site info was provided by an avid user there. I can't say I've noticed any undesired behavior whatsoever.

 

[Night AoX]

I DO NOT recommend doing the above written.

This clears icon cache, but not necessarily removes the overlay. Also, you have to restart explorer.exe afterwards to be able to shut down the computer conveniently.

BTW W7 file replacer that I've linked above is able to do this with a single click.

Sorry if I seem abrasive or condescending but, I'm curious as to why you put not in all caps. Have you noticed any hiccups after applying this method?

 

[speedgamer01]

Sorry, I said that because most people are not creative enough to turn off their computer without a tray, I know that for a fact.

 

[Night AoX]

Sorry, I said that because most people are not creative enough to turn off their computer without a tray, I know that for a fact.

Oh. Good point lol.