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Administrator permissions: How do I get full access of my computer?
When trying to rename, copy or delete certain files or folders, I keep getting the annoying "You need administrator permission" prompt. I then click the button and it's done. But it's totally annoying and it seems so random because those files are no important system files or anything. I know there's a lot of threads about ways to turn this off. I've read some of them. I've also read the tutorial about enabling the elevated administrator account. But I am still very confused and don't know which solution would work best for me. I would be grateful if someone could advise me.
Here's my questions:
1) I am getting the UAC prompt every time I try to change anything in the "C:\Program Files" folder. Is this behavoir normal for an administrator account?
2) Which folders or drives are typically "protected" by a UAC prompt?
3) What are generally speaking the ways of getting unrestricted access to a folder, drive or the entire computer (or suppressing the UAC prompt)? I've read about "taking ownership", "granting permission" and logging into the "elevated administrator account".
4) In the case of the "C:\Program Files" folder, which method would be advisable? I don't seem to be able to change the permissions in the context menu, I can only view them. I haven't tried taking ownership because I am not sure what that entails. Using the elevated administrator account doesn't make any sense because logging into that account just to copy a file would take much longer than just clicking away the UAC prompt.
5) Is there a way of converting my administrator account to an elevated admin account so I could use Windows 10 just as I've used all versions of Windows before?