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Over some of my program shortcuts and install files, there is an uac icon overlay (blue-yellow shield) and I find them really ugly. Is there any way to get rid of them please? Edit I closed UAC to see if overlays go away or not. Now it's open. But maybe there is a way to remove them without closing the UAC like removing shortcut arrows in this question: Remove shortcut icon overlay from shortcuts on Windows 7 | ||||
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Ok, there is a solution, though it's not exactly elegant. You can find more about it here, but the basic answer is:
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I had this problem on my Firefox icon after running as administrator. In order to fix it, I dissabled UAC and restarted PC. The shield icon had now dissapeared and then I reactivated UAC. | |||
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I believe i have solved this problem of the ugly blue and yellow shield. I don't really understand why windows 7 has two program files folders in the c: drive, but i thought i would go ahead and install the Firefox onto the regular program files folder and not the program files(x86) folder just for shits and giggles. After choosing custom install and changing the install location from the "program files(x86)" folder to the "program files" folder, all of the icons were normal and did not have a shield over them!! This worked great for me and I'm really really happy the ugly shield is gone. I hope it works for you too! | |||||
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There is another way - create a transparent icon, run TuneUp Utilities and replace the User Account icon with the transparent one, that solves the problem and the shield icon remains in the context menu, but doesn't ruin your icons anymore. TuneUp can also remove the shortcut arrows with just one click and replace basically any icon. | |||
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Alright people, after days of trying various methods, I believe I've found the ultimate solution to remove that annoying shield icon. It's not difficult, and it works perfectly for me. The following procedure removes the shield overlay only from icons and Start Menu items, which means that the shield overlay will not be removed from Control Panel applets and context menus. Here's how to do it, once and for all: 1. Make sure the UAC (User Account Control) is disabled by moving its slider to the lowest position. 2. Open the Command Prompt. You'll find it somewhere in the Start Menu. 3. Type the following commands, pressing Enter after each line: taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F CD /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local DEL IconCache.db /a shutdown /r NOTE: The last command will restart your computer, so make sure you save your work BEFORE executing those 4 lines above! If you ever experience the shield icon again (I believe that's impossible now), just repeat the third step. Good luck! | |||
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