How to set up Win7 so I don't have to deal with permissions issues all the time?

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Robert P

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Is there a way to set Win7 Home Prem to run any app without having to wrestle with run as administrator/permissions issues?

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What are you having to run as administrator? All programs installed should run when opened, no need for administrator. Now there are some windows commands in command prompt that must be ran as admin.
 
are you talking about the prompt that comes up asking if you want to allow a program etc to access,or make changes to your computer?its called uac or user account control.search uac and go to change user account control settings in control panel.you can set it to never prompt for permission.this is ok if you know what you are doing.
 
aldan said:
are you talking about the prompt that comes up asking if you want to allow a program etc to access,or make changes to your computer?its called uac or user account control.search uac and go to change user account control settings in control panel.you can set it to never prompt for permission.this is ok if you know what you are doing.
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Among other things it keeps telling me I have to be an admin to delete folders - hit continue and it deletes it. Want to get rid of that step.
 
It must be either you have UAC on or you are not an administrator. I turned UAC off and don't have that prompt. Just type UAC in the search box under the Start menu.
 
Robert P said:
Among other things it keeps telling me I have to be an admin to delete folders - hit continue and it deletes it. Want to get rid of that step.
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Those are generally for 'special' folders like program files.

You could disable uac per above, if you go to control panel -> users , there is an option on the bottom left to change uac verbosity.
 
UAC is on by default and it is not recommended to be turned off as it does provide some security functions. I would check what level UAC is on and whether your account is a standard user or an administrator. If you are an administrator then you can fix your security problems on your folders by right clicking on the folder and going to properties > security. Add your user account to the security permissions.

Like I said before it is not recommended to turn off UAC and I would be careful to what permission you change on the folders as usually they are set to default for a good reason. I work on Windows server 2008 and 2012 at my work which the security is a little more robust and o not have half the problems with permissions that you describe that don't make sense.

Could you tell me what level of UAC you are on and what folders you are trying to modify?
 
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