Wednesday, 6 May 2020

How to Disable Windows UAC (User Account Control) Using Registry (Regedit)

The new update from Windows 10 is rather annoying, it enables UAC password prompt every time, eg. when using 'Run as administrator' on right-click on some app, specially Steam Big Picture that needs to be 'administrator' to send keys and mouse signals to games.

Disable UAC using regedit:
1) Win+R
2) Type 'regedit', press Enter
3) Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Policies > System
4) Right-click 'EnableLUA', click 'Modify'
5) Set the value to 0 (zero) instead of 1
6) Windows will prompt to restart to disable UAC
7) Click the notification to restart and enjoy!

Reference (Go to 'Way 2: Disable User Account Control on Windows 10 by Registry Editor', it's the only working one):

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