Re: Game needs administrator permissions then doesn't open.
I think I'm administrator already, but will double check your solution!
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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 wrote:
Yes, im too, but Standard is Windows default! I dont know why.
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.
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.
EA_JasonEA SPORTS FC™ Team
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.
- EA_Jason
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.
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.
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.
