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Windows 11 - cannot run Portmaster from regular user acount using "Run as administrator"
Hi,
in day to day work I am working under a regular user account without administrative permissions. When I try to open the Portmaster UI from this account using "Run as administrator" the UI does not open. I see a elevation prompt. After authentication with a administrative user the Portmaster UI windows frame is shortly displayed then immediately closed. Portmaster was installed via winget with scope machine. I do not know any other application which I cannot "Run as administrator" from an unpriviliged account
With the latest 1.6.24 Beta the behaviour has changed. It still does not work but now shows the attached error message. Can I somehow change the locations which Portmaster uses to store data?
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Winget is not official installer. You can try the official installer, the stable version should work.
The current beta(1.6.28) has wrong permissions on some folders and it may cause issues if you run from non privileged user.
@vlabo your are completely wrong. winget is the only "official" package manager for windows and should be supported. Portmaster is the only package of many i use which does not support winget. Installing packages without a package manager is a security risk and not best practice for maintaining and assuring a secure system: long time windows did not have a package manager. As one exists now it should be supported. Especially for "security" applications
It is not Safings official install method - someone else has added Portmaster there - Safing provides the .exe on safing.io
