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Issue with 1511 clean installs: built-in Admin can't run apps
I just performed a clean install of 1511 on a machine that refused to update. The install went fine. However, I noticed the following curious thing: when I invoke context menu on the desktop and choose "Display settings" or "Personalize" commands under the built-in Administrator account, Windows first displays an error message stating that Settings cannot be opened under built-in Administrator account. Once I dismiss this error message, the corresponding Settings category actually successfully opens and works as intended. Each time I do this an extra error report is added to Applications list in Event Log.
For the very same reason it is not possible to pin Settings sub-categories to Start Menu. A dialog requesting confirmation briefly flashes on the screen, but nothing happens after that. The same (in essence) error report is added to Applications list in Event Log.
Meanwhile, launching Settings from Start Menu works fine.
Also such Windows 10 apps as Mail, Sports, Calendar etc. completely refuse to launch from under built-in Administrator, reporting the same error.
At the same time, machines that were upgraded to 1511 from previous version of Windows 10 don't exhibit this behavior. Everything launches fine under built-in Administrator.
This looks like a step back to Windows 8 behavior, which also had such limitation. Original Windows 10 removed this limitation, but version 1511 suddenly brought it back (in clean installs only). I wonder why...
Last edited by AndreyT; 15 Nov 2015 at 18:59.