UAC protected programs wont open

[PootisMan]

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.

 

[Brink]

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.

 

[PootisMan]

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.

 

[Brink]

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".

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...ator-add-remove-context-menu-windows-7-a.html

I'm thinking the registry key below may be the issue if it's not still like below.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"
"IsolatedCommand"="\"%1\" %*"

 

[PootisMan]

The .reg file needs an UAC confirmation as well as regedit. Its all a vicious circle :/

 

[Brink]

You might see if you may be able to open regedit to manually check the setting.

 

[PootisMan]

When I try to open regedit, the same error message appears.

 

[Brink]

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?

 

[PootisMan]

Unfortunately I have just this one account.

 

[Brink]

In that case, you may need to reinstall Windows since you are not able to do anything that requires elevation.

 

[PootisMan]

I guess there is not another option. Thank you very much for your advice and patience, I really appreciate it

 

[Brink]

You're welcome. I hope it goes smoothly.