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I disabled UAC on my Windows 8 install, but I found that it caused me issues when I needed to install downloaded programs (installation would fail due to no admin privileges).

I re-enabled UAC, but this problem still occurs. I need to manually run downloaded programs as admin to get them to work. I also need to run Google Chrome as an admin in order to get the flash plug-in to work.

Any fix for this?

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    How did you disable UAC? Just using the slider, or did you also set EnableLUA in the registry to 0?
    – Karan
    Feb 2, 2013 at 16:49
  • just the slider. When I disabled it, running downloaded installers would fail unless I right-clicked -> run as admin. I tried setting the slider back to defaults, but the issue persists. Now google chrome will only show flash if it's run as admin too
    – snowflakekiller
    Feb 2, 2013 at 17:00
  • Still, ensure EnableLUA is set to 1. Also try sfc /scannow from an elevated command prompt and see if that helps.
    – Karan
    Feb 2, 2013 at 17:04
  • done and done. Still no dice :( Sfc didn't find anything and EnableLUA is set to 1
    – snowflakekiller
    Feb 2, 2013 at 17:19
  • EnableLUA must be 0 to disable UAC. UAC is still running for you.
    – magicandre1981
    Feb 3, 2013 at 6:20

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I am not entirely sure yet what is causing your problem, however, here is another thing you could try: sometimes downloaded files get marked as insecure and you cannot execute them until you right-click on the file and then on the 'Unblock' option.

Attempt to replicate by re-downloading one of the files that caused you issues and see if there is an Unblock option in any of the tabs that open in the panel displayed by right-clicking.

The reason why I'm suggesting this possibility is because I'm also on Win8 currently and have never experienced the sort of issue you mentioned after disabling UAC.

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  • If the file is marked insecure, just "unblocking it" without investigating why is reckless.
    – vonbrand
    Feb 2, 2013 at 16:57
  • These are legit files, issues only started cropping up when I disabled UAC
    – snowflakekiller
    Feb 2, 2013 at 17:01

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