kahlil88 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Someone brought me a Win 8 system that gives a UAC prompt when moving files within the user directory, say from Pictures to a subfolder or the Desktop. It would seem ownership/permissions have been screwed up. I ran the Tweaking.com repair tool to reset permissions (only option was the entirety of C:\ so it took forever) and it seemed to fix the problem temporarily, but must have un-fixed after a reboot. Malware scans are coming up clean, starting to suspect the user account has been corrupted but need a second opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryTri Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Try to make a new user account and check if it works correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahlil88 Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 On 6/14/2018 at 12:32 PM, HarryTri said: Try to make a new user account and check if it works correctly. New user account sort of fixed the problem. Most files could be moved, renamed, etc without issue but several were still giving me UAC prompts. Ended up doing a clean install and no more errors, but with my luck I'll probably encounter the issue again down the road :P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryTri Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 A clean install is always the best solution when something goes wrong without logical explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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