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Starting PaleMoon brings up UAC

Unread post by el es » 2018-11-18, 21:39

Only since the 28.2.0 64 bit update.
UAC comes up every time I open PM.
Even when PM is open, EVERY TIME I open a MAFF file it will first give me the UAC again.
No problems once the browser is open.

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Re: Starting PaleMoon brings up UAC

Unread post by therube » 2018-11-19, 13:35

Only guessing but...

Sounds like you are a normal user & installed PM "As Administrator".

Into what directory did you install PM?

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Re: Starting PaleMoon brings up UAC

Unread post by Moonchild » 2018-11-19, 13:58

Which executable does the UAC prompt indicate?
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Re: Starting PaleMoon brings up UAC

Unread post by el es » 2018-12-15, 02:06

@therube
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I apologize for the delay (-:

My setup is Toshiba Satellite P770 running Win7 SP1 with PM.28.2.0. It's mostly updated.

I use an account with admin priveleges. I installed PM as admin and I invoke it as admin.

PM is installed at C:\Program Files\Pale Moon\palemoon.exe

I start PM with "C:\Program Files\Pale Moon\palemoon.exe" -private

When I open PM, UAC displays "C:\Program Files\Pale Moon\palemoon.exe" -private

When I open a maff file, PM can be open or closed and UAC displays
"C:\Program Files\Pale Moon\palemoon.exe" -osint -url followed by
"the complete path" in quotes. The path has spaces in it.

Thanx!
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Re: Starting PaleMoon brings up UAC

Unread post by Moonchild » 2018-12-15, 02:11

el es wrote: I installed PM as admin and I invoke it as admin.
You should invoke it normally. Explicitly running it "as administrator" can call up the UAC prompt because your admin account isn't elevated by default (that's a good thing).
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Re: Starting PaleMoon brings up UAC

Unread post by el es » 2018-12-15, 02:25

@Moonchild

I apologize for not being clear.

I invoke it normally from an account that has admin priveleges.

I do not do it from an elevated Run As Administrator.

I don't yet know it that's acceptable.

I started with 28.1.0. This did not start happening until I upgraded to 28.2.0

Larry
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