Let’s say you try to start an application by using elevated permissions. For example, you right-click cmd.exe and select Run as administrator. A User Account Control (UAC) dialog box prompts you ...

For that task, you need to inform Windows when you launch the program that you want to do so as an administrator, and then you have to approve the action from a User Account Control dialog box.

In the User Account Control Settings dialog box, you move the slide bar control for notifications and then click the OK button. The dialog box does not close in this scenario, and no change is made.

To configure UAC settings, open the Start menu, type user account control, and click to open User Account Control settings.

An example of a User Account Control dialog box in Windows 10. The UAC is a little more robust than that description suggests. Nevertheless, we can improve the situation by removing administrator ...

You’ll have to endure one UAC dialog box, after which you can use any Control Panel option with full administrative permissions. Better yet, run Windows Explorer as an Administrator.

Do you prefer the new modern User Account Control dialog box or the old style? Tell us what you think in the comments below. More Windows 10 resources. For more help articles, ...