Re: Game needs administrator permissions then doesn't open.

Hello all!

I figured out this problem!

In Control Panel (you can put Control Panel icon to Windows 10 desktop -> themes -> desktop icon settings) there "change account type" click on it! After that select your user,

after that click "Change account type" and THERE change to Administrator! Click Change Account Type button!

The default Windows is Standard, NOT Administrator! This is why it always ask Admin premissions!

I think I'm administrator already, but will double check your solution!

you can add permission the game exe file and the ea desktop to all user as well = double clikk the game icon or/and ea desktop icon, properties, compatibity, change setting for all users, run this program as administrator.

With this method the game will launch (but the warning window still pop up!), and i dont think this is ea fault this time.

Yes, im too, but Standard is Windows default! I dont know why.

I just checked and by default I was Admin, not standard.

So this fix don't work for me

Well, i dont know then. It's working for me now, and im sure it was default standard before, when it not worked. I have xbox gamepass, and ea desktop.

Before I got a popup message, I can click OK and the game start. But it's still a bug because a game shouldn't ask for permission.

Lately pressing OK won't even start the game.

EA Desktop is a mess as it is.

@orvosdoktor 

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orvosdoktor wrote:

Yes, im too, but Standard is Windows default! I dont know why.

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No, Windows default is Administrator, you would no be able to install any driver to that system if it would  be different. 

The reason that the game ask for permission is that since Windows Vista, even in an Administrator account, user mode applications are not executed with administrator privileges for security reasons.   

Normally a game should not need administrator privileges, but Mass Effect1 and other older games are special about that.

When you install Windows, and log in with your account that is not full administrator. You can cleary see this in Computer Managment - Local User And Groups - Users. Here you can enable the full administrator account. Everything else is just Member of, so you just a user with administrator rights. I guess there is a thing in administrator hierarchy standard is lower than full admin.

@orvosdoktor 

Again, no, if you install Windows the standard account type is Administrator.

As said, you would not be able to install any program or any driver to the system if that would be different.

As explained before, the user Administrator account does not have full administrator privileges anymore. All user mode applications run in user mode, not Administrator mode. 
That is a very important security feature that was introduced with Windows Vista.

The only way to enable full administrator privileges is to enable the hidden administrator account, and that is a very bad idea security wise.

If you account was set to standard, it was set so after the installation of Widows.

Does anyone have an update??? This is so frustrating. I have reinstalled Command and Conquer 4x and still getting the errors you see below. 

Like most people, I am an Xbox ultimate user. I tried swapping my EA accounts and connected my old origin account in case that would help. No change. EA, you need a fix for this!!!! This is happening with too many titles. 

I just tested it in the exact manner that you showed @PeaceandPlants, and I was able to launch the game without any issues after pressing OK in the admin permission screen. 

Could you try creating a new administrator account on Windows and try launching the game again?

The game won't start anymore for me, before I could press OK and make it work.

Still, having a game that ask for admin privilege when you are the admin, not normal.

It is pretty normal for older games to ask for permission. You can force start the game as an administrator by right clicking on the .exe file and selecting Run as administrator. 

Make sure that your Windows account is an administrator account and try to create a new administrator account on Windows if it doesn't work with your current account. 

Sorry but no it's not normal. 

Microsoft had the same issue with old game, like Ages of Empire. It asked for permission, but not anymore, they fixed it.

If they can, so EA.

Also now I can't even press OK anymore, game simply won't launch anymore.

And yes, I am an admin

There is no EXE for C&C, the only EXE start EA Desktop.

Will download EA Desktop again to test it. Last time it didn't work.

Downloading now, we'ill keep you informed.

@EA_Jason I can now press OK and the game will start.

Last time it crashed, and before that I could see a DOS prompt before the game started. So clearly something was fixed, in a way.

However the Admin prompt from year 2000 shloud be fixed. We are not on Vista anymore.

Xbox fixed their older games, so EA can too.

Retsushi,

I figured out a solution yesterday and added it to another thread. I have played 5 hours so far without any issues. It does complain then the game starts but still runs.

https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/administrator-privileges/m-p/10756064/highlight/true#M1706

I just tried a new idea. I went to the ea launcher location and set it to compatibility with administrator privilege's.

Then I tried it again. It actually opened but then once it opened it ran into the error that you see attached. 

I hear the person saying: this will install red alert and it crashes. 

Update: It worked!!! 🙂 I have played 4 missions. WOOT!!! 

So, the above set of operations seemed to fix it.

 Setting "Ealauncher" in C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\EA Desktop\EA Desktop or where you have the EA desktop to Administrator authentication in compatibility. 

Oh it's been around much longer now. It's about to be May of 2022, same issues, still in beta state, I have no idea what on earth EA is doing. EA games via GamePass work great on the Xbox console, but PC users completely miss out. I contacted Xbox about the problem, telling them I was not going to be continuing my GamePass subscription because of it and they apologized and refunded my money and gave me a full 6 months of GamePass without charge. So at least that is something.

So yeah the only work around I was able to find for this is a less than ideal one. I contacted Xbox, as I have EA play through GamePass Ultimate. I explained the problem, which they are well aware of but can't really do anything about it as the EA desktop is a standalone app, they apologized, said they have been getting non stop complaints about the EA app since it launched as a feature that would be included in their service. They pointed out that it works flawlessly on the Xbox console but told me there is very little that they can do for PC users because although EA Play is included with GamePass Ulitmate for free, it also forces it's users to download the EA app, which they do not control. And well the EA Play app is basically the source of non stop bugs, some games work, some games don't, games experience crashes conflict with Windows applications, and all kinds of unpleasant things. They told me they had no idea when or if EA ever plans to fix all these issues. And considering I see posts on Reddit that date back years, all with the same problems, all not being addressed or requiring extensive workarounds, people you should not have to enter command controls and change around your security settings in order to make EA desktop games work. I use Xbox, Steam, GOG, etc., I have never had any problems with their service that were not addressed in a timely manner, the way I have with EA Play, it just does not seem to be a properly functioning Application, and considering it's been in beta for years now I think should tell you something. Granted, I have only personally tried using the service for the past month.

So Xbox refunded my GamePass subscription for this month and treated me to 6 unpaid months to their service as I have been a customer for a very long time. And the fix is to uninstall the EA app from your computer and never install it again. Sorry for all the sarcasm, but after doing research on this forum and on Reddit, and seeing how long this has been a consistent problem (and I should not a very fixable problem on the part of EA) it has put me in a rather sour mood. The only way anything is going to get done about these types of issues is if people start canceling their service and costing them money. Nothing against the admins on this forum, my beef is with software development. It's just completely ridiculous this is still an issue after all this time.