Cant open any Windows App with UAC disabled

millansoft said:

Hello,
I disabled UAC and when I try to open Edge, Calculator, etc I get a window message that says that I cant open it with UAC disabled, I find it something very annoying that makes me think about going back to Windows 7, is there any around this?
In Windows 7 for example, I was able to open the calculator with UAC disabled.
Thanks!

I have a fix that will allow you to still keep UAC enabled, provide no prompting for a user, while still being able to run all Metro apps - calculator, Edge, weather, news, calendar, etc
Either through Group Policy or Local Security Policy
Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\SecuritySettings\Local Policies\Security Options

• User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account = Enabled

• User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode = Prompt for Credentials

Next, make some registry changes ....
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Make the following changes

• ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin 0x00000003 becomes 0x00000000

• ConsentPromptBehaviorUser 0x00000003 becomes 0x00000000

• EnableLUA 0x00000001 stays at 0x00000001

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\UIPI

• Change (Default) from the (value not set) to 0x00000001(1)

Reboot your Windows 10 machine and enjoy all the metro apps that require UAC/escalation without the nags

Greg R said:

I have a fix that will allow you to still keep UAC enabled, provide no prompting for a user, while still being able to run all Metro apps - calculator, Edge, weather, news, calendar, etc
Either through Group Policy or Local Security Policy
Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\SecuritySettings\Local Policies\Security Options

• User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account = Enabled

• User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode = Prompt for Credentials

Next, make some registry changes ....
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Make the following changes

• ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin 0x00000003 becomes 0x00000000

• ConsentPromptBehaviorUser 0x00000003 becomes 0x00000000

• EnableLUA 0x00000001 stays at 0x00000001

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\UIPI

• Change (Default) from the (value not set) to 0x00000001(1)

Reboot your Windows 10 machine and enjoy all the metro apps that require UAC/escalation without the nags

Sir!! you made my day!

Luisfm said:

Sir!! you made my day!

Glad I could help out.
Took me awhile to find a solution that actually worked over and over again.

Greg R said:

I have a fix that will allow you to still keep UAC enabled, provide no prompting for a user, while still being able to run all Metro apps - calculator, Edge, weather, news, calendar, etc
Either through Group Policy or Local Security Policy
Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\SecuritySettings\Local Policies\Security Options

• User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account = Enabled

• User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode = Prompt for Credentials

Next, make some registry changes ....
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Make the following changes

• ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin 0x00000003 becomes 0x00000000

• ConsentPromptBehaviorUser 0x00000003 becomes 0x00000000

• EnableLUA 0x00000001 stays at 0x00000001

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\UIPI

• Change (Default) from the (value not set) to 0x00000001(1)

Reboot your Windows 10 machine and enjoy all the metro apps that require UAC/escalation without the nags

So if i use this trick i can use also Edge and i can download app from store ?

Thank
Hispa

Is there any way around? for me The slider does the problem. sometimes it gets disabled automatically.. (perdon my English)

I believe the program I am trying to use in Windows 10 is using the SendKeys system call and doesn't work with UAC enabled but with UAC disabled it works fine - however, like you say, the Metro apps stop working.
I've tried the above settings and the Metro apps still appear to work but my program still doesn't work. Any suggestions on your above settings?
Thanks
T