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[Bug] Everything runs as admin

Open Simon-Weij opened this issue 2 months ago • 3 comments

What version of WinBoat are you running?

0.8.7

Your Environment

NixOS 25.05 GNOME 48

Steps to Reproduce / Context

Launch an app. It runs as admin (easy to see with powershell and unity hub)

Logs

No relevant logs.

Expected Behavior

Apps run as regular user, not always as admin (launching as admin could be an option)

Current Behavior

Everything runs as administrator

Possible Solution

Launch apps as regular user, but when you right click the app and click "launch as admin" you still have the option to launch everything as admin.

Quality Notice

  • [x] I have checked the issue tracker and verified that this bug is a unique case.

Simon-Weij avatar Oct 26 '25 16:10 Simon-Weij

change the User Account Control settings.

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svin24 avatar Oct 26 '25 18:10 svin24

As far as I know, this doesn't change the permissions, just notifies you?

Simon-Weij avatar Oct 26 '25 22:10 Simon-Weij

As far as I know, this doesn't change the permissions, just notifies you?

Having it set to Never Notify does make everything run as an administrator- speaking from experience.

VanillaCold avatar Oct 27 '25 08:10 VanillaCold