Turning off UAC causes Error

Hello.

I always used to have my UAC turned off, and was very happy being able to quickly open up different programs with administrator privileges using the WinKey+R.

However, ever since upgrading to windows 10, turning UAC triggers the "This app Can't Open" error (http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...a-9ebe89ab23d7)

Searching for a solution quite a while, all I came across is suggestions to turn UAC back on. This is not an acceptable solution, I wish to keep the damn thing off, and don't see any reason why it should interfere with my ability to open the edge browser.

what the hell is going on?

I tired doing that already. doesn't help much.
especially while using powershell and such for commands that require administrative privileges...

gkman said:

However, ever since upgrading to windows 10, turning UAC triggers the "This app Can't Open" error (http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...a-9ebe89ab23d7)

Searching for a solution quite a while, all I came across is suggestions to turn UAC back on. This is not an acceptable solution, I wish to keep the damn thing off, and don't see any reason why it should interfere with my ability to open the edge browser.

what the hell is going on?

What's going on is that Windows Universal Apps (such as Edge) do not function without UAC turned on. It relies on UAC for basic security functions, and simply will not function.

UAC is no longer optional, and each new version of Windows will require more and more functionality be run in Universal mode, thus it won't be long before virtually nothing will function without UAC.

I'm sorry you don't like it, and you find this unacceptable, but it's not just Microsoft checking whether UAC is on or not, and refusing to run if it's not, these apps basic functionality depends on UAC functionality.

can I at least choose that other apps that aren't based on it, such as powershell, cmd and other management tools would automatically run with administrative privileges?