How to run this without elevated permissions

[ScuffedOni]

Step-by-Step

Here’s how you would execute these steps:

Open Command Prompt:

Press Windows + R, type cmd, and press Enter.

Change Directory:

Type the following command and press Enter:

cd /d "whatever your path is to the game folder"

Run the Command:

Finally, execute the full command to set the compatibility layer and run the application:

cmd.exe /c "set __COMPAT_LAYER=RunAsInvoker && ONCE_HUMAN.exe --start_from_launcher=1"

This will run ONCE_HUMAN.exe located in your install folder without requesting elevated (administrator) privileges.

Do this every time that you run the game.

[127.0.0.1]

Should make it a bat file in the games directory, much easier.

[ScuffedOni]

True but that would be a much longer guide and not very good for the people that aren't good with that kind of stuff. This is super simple even though you would have to run it every time.

[Djozar]

You had to have admin rights enabled to play? Huh... It's nice to just push play.

[ScuffedOni]

Originally posted by Djozar:

You had to have admin rights enabled to play? Huh... It's nice to just push play.

It autoruns with admin rights. Which is sketchy.

[Disodium]

While I have not attempted to run the game as a restricted user what I can say is all this command line will do is suppress the elevated permissions prompt

asInvoker - Run with limited user rights unless specifically elevated or called from an already elevated process

For instance if OnceHuman.exe is launched with this command, it will run without a prompt, if OnceHuman.exe does not require elevation it will remain non-elevated, but if OnceHuman.exe requires elevated permissions, this command line is simply suppressing the warning (It will still run as an Elevated Process!).

If you are running this command and are the admin of your computer, this will just suppress the message, I'd be interested to see how a restricted user goes with this command line and what the game does when launched with this

[Djozar]

Originally posted by ScuffedOni:

Originally posted by Djozar:

You had to have admin rights enabled to play? Huh... It's nice to just push play.

It autoruns with admin rights. Which is sketchy.

It auto-runs for me without it. Which is what I find odd. I don't use command lines. I just hit play and it starts up. Don't even get the popup that asks for permission like some other games do. I dunno.

[ScuffedOni]

Originally posted by Disodium:

While I have not attempted to run the game as a restricted user what I can say is all this command line will do is suppress the elevated permissions prompt

asInvoker - Run with limited user rights unless specifically elevated or called from an already elevated process

For instance if OnceHuman.exe is launched with this command, it will run without a prompt, if OnceHuman.exe does not require elevation it will remain non-elevated, but if OnceHuman.exe requires elevated permissions, this command line is simply suppressing the warning (It will still run as an Elevated Process!).

If you are running this command and are the admin of your computer, this will just suppress the message, I'd be interested to see how a restricted user goes with this command line and what the game does when launched with this

If it blocks the prompt it means that it cannot get permission so it will run without the elevated permissions.

[SilvaBlad3]

i dont care. Weirdos like you so paranoid. I don't even know why you bother going on the internet. lol

[Deimos]

Thank you for this! I run multiple pieces of software as part of my streaming setup and can't use any of it if the game runs in admin mode. Only issue i have now is getting it to run full screen on my second monitor correctly.

[Mr Snrub]

This should be pinned :)
I refuse to play games that (appear to) require administrative privileges to run so I was very pleased to find this post after a quick search!

I adapted the solution slightly by creating a shortcut named "Once Human" with the following properties:

Target = C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "set __COMPAT_LAYER=RunAsInvoker && ONCE_HUMAN.exe --start_from_launcher=1"

Start in = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Once Human"

Through "Change Icon" I pointed to ONCE_HUMAN.EXE and pinned it to my Start menu.

[Chew Chew]

For the crazies like me who are running this on Linux, all Steam games are already sandboxed if you installed Steam via Flatpak.

[Mister Vertigo]

Anyone know of a way to make this work with the Launch Options in Steam, without having to add the .bat file as a non-Steam game?

[Verdict]

It's always funny people think even if the software was infected it would just single out your computer. lmao. Trust me they don't care about your PC. This is always a good way to expose the people that don't know the first thing about computers.

[Sese]

Originally posted by Mr Snrub:

This should be pinned :)
I refuse to play games that (appear to) require administrative privileges to run so I was very pleased to find this post after a quick search!

I adapted the solution slightly by creating a shortcut named "Once Human" with the following properties:

Target = C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "set __COMPAT_LAYER=RunAsInvoker && ONCE_HUMAN.exe --start_from_launcher=1"

Start in = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Once Human"

Through "Change Icon" I pointed to ONCE_HUMAN.EXE and pinned it to my Start menu.

Worked perfectly!

[Chew Chew]

Originally posted by Verdict:

It's always funny people think even if the software was infected it would just single out your computer. lmao. Trust me they don't care about your PC. This is always a good way to expose the people that don't know the first thing about computers.

I very much disagree with this. The most successful malware are those that are automated and effect the most amount of people. Targeted malware is only something political opponents and activists need to worry about. I'm not sure what antivirus detection Steam uses to vet game updates, but no antivirus is perfect.

I don't see a reason for Once Human to add malware, but they don't necessarily have to knowingly add it in. Their dev accounts could be compromised, or a library they use for building a game has malware.

It's just a good practice to not run applications downloaded from the internet with escalated privileges when possible.