Windows 8.1 Upgrade: I have to run everything as administrator now?
- by Robert Dailey
I was running Windows 8 x64 Professional before and I never had to run programs as administrator to get them to function fully. Examples:
Chrome
OpenVPN GUI
I always have my user under the local "Administrators" group and also disable UAC by putting the slider for it at the very bottom. This always did the trick.
After the Windows 8.1 upgrade, I run into a few issues:
Running Chrome normally, the Chrome icon doesn't appear in the taskbar. Chrome won't run in the background.
OpenVPN GUI has errors when launching.
Running both as administrator (Right Click Run as Administrator) fixes those issues and they run perfectly. What has changed in Windows 8.1 upgrade to cause these "problems"? I'm an advanced user, I don't want to have to worry about administrative rights. Any advice on how to fix these problems?
EDIT
I also get prompted for administrator permission to delete directories under "Program Files" now... that never used to happen before. I can hit Continue and it will allow me to delete, but just another symptom of the problem...