Why can't i put Steam to start in ADMIN mode?

[phosTR]

If i go in properties at Steam.exe and check ADM MODE and try to start Steam, i get a Steam error saying Windows will start the program in compatibility mode. If i uncheck ADMIN MODE in properties and start Steam in ADMIN MODE by right clicking, then it works.

WHY?!

[phosTR]

Originally posted by BlackBloodRum:

Why do you need it to?

To see if it fixes my XBOX SERIES S controller from losing it's wireless signal when playing Elden Ring.

[Eagle_of_Fire]

Absolutely no normal program should ever be ran in admin mode. That's a mode that you should use extremely rarely in desperate times when no other option work. And only the one time.

Also, I can already tell you that it would do absolutely nothing for that random problem of yours. Ever tried to use a wired controller instead?

[phosTR]

Originally posted by Eagle_of_Fire:

Absolutely no normal program should ever be ran in admin mode. That's a mode that you should use extremely rarely in desperate times when no other option work. And only the one time.

Also, I can already tell you that it would do absolutely nothing for that random problem of yours. Ever tried to use a wired controller instead?

No, i don't have a wired controller.

[MSB]

Steam is not optimized to run in Admin mode

[QWEEDDY2]

Steam just warn you. Steam has that warning incorrectly implemented like 15 years ago. Still didnt fixed yet.
Just ignore it.

Or Valves ousource devs who work on client make it even worse - unskipable?

[QWEEDDY2]

Originally posted by MSB:

Steam is not optimized to run in Admin mode

Bruh. First it's funny you said that about any app.
Second. Steam never was optimised client. And that become un-funny irony joke..Not sure if you mean to make it that way.

[Kargor]

There is no need for Steam to run as admin.

Any permission problem a game might have, fix that instead of trying to brute force it away.

Originally posted by phosTR:

To see if it fixes my XBOX SERIES S controller from losing it's wireless signal when playing Elden Ring.

That's not a permission problem.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by phosTR:

Originally posted by BlackBloodRum:

Why do you need it to?

To see if it fixes my XBOX SERIES S controller from losing it's wireless signal when playing Elden Ring.

There's an easier way to troubleshoot the problem. If you suspect Steam might cause this issue, take Steam out of the equation! Disable Steam's input mapper for XInput & restart Steam. If you're still losing connection, it's not Steam causing this.

[QWEEDDY2]

First sgep to fix issues permissions - start steam.exe in admin mode.
Either im become too old. Or nowadays internet become too young. Because now its too much often happen literally "X is not X but Y" and else "2x2=5" statements. I am bad at writing English. Never have issues to understand.
But looks like definition for the half of the words are changed some time ago. At least this time its German. And thats an excuse, for real. Some misunderstanding between us non-natives happened this time.

Easier way to deal with permission issues for majority of users - set steam.exe to perma Admin Run mode.
I did instead Disable Fullscreen optimisation on it only. But i often manually restart Steam in non-/Admin mode(s). Even for D/Games/Steam(Apps)/ folder(s) its installed. I suggest set permanent option for it instead.

[QWEEDDY2]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by phosTR:

To see if it fixes my XBOX SERIES S controller from losing it's wireless signal when playing Elden Ring.

There's an easier way to troubleshoot the problem. If you suspect Steam might cause this issue, take Steam out of the equation! Disable Steam's input mapper for XInput & restart Steam. If you're still losing connection, it's not Steam causing this.

Better start without Steam entirely as Steam Inlut bugged for years and ignore settings. Stadting aith Overlay Steam Input can even disable fhe KeyBoard letters (along with gamepad suspected to start working). For not changed any1 in its Input settings from initially working/mostly disabled state.

[Eagle_of_Fire]

Originally posted by QWEEDDY2:

First sgep to fix issues permissions - start steam.exe in admin mode.
Either im become too old. Or nowadays internet become too young. Because now its too much often happen literally "X is not X but Y" and else "2x2=5" statements. I am bad at writing English. Never have jsues5to understand.
But looks like definition for the half of the words are changed some time ago. At least this time its German. And thats an excuse, for real. Some misunderstanding between us non-natives happened this time.

Easier way to deal with permission issues for majority of users - set steam.exe to perma Admin Run mode.
I did instead Disable Fullscreen optimisation on it only. But i often manually restart Steam in non-/Admin mode(s). Even for D/Games/Steam(Apps)/ folder(s) its installed. I suggest set permanent option for it instead.

People who have no clue about what they are doing can say anything they want. And usually complain about the obvious problems it gave them down the road like it wasn't obvious in the first place.

Do not run any program in admin mode unless you know what you are doing. You'll thank all of us later.

[QWEEDDY2]

I know what I do. Those i have UAC and VirtualStore at default state and im not set admin mode to Perma. Just launch it when it needs. Since we have excessive gaming clients like Steam - admin mode is often requirednto be used. Not the issue for me. But would be for major users. Especially since major of majority keep use system drive to install games and gaming clients.

If user have badly repacked OS with broken UAC and disabled VirtualStore admin rrun wont help solving permission issues. It's going only worse instead.

[Eagle_of_Fire]

I've never used Steam on admin mode over all those years. Nor did I ever needed to.

[Kargor]

Originally posted by Eagle_of_Fire:

I've never used Steam on admin mode over all those years. Nor did I ever needed to.

Yeah, back in the Windows XP days, a lot of games had minor permission issues, usually with storing savefiles in the wrong location (like the install directory), or putting settings into the "Local Machine" registry branch instead of "Current User". This was directly related to both Win9x and Windows XP "Home" only giving you admin accounts anyway, so game makers often didn't bother.

However, starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft brought user accounts into the "Home" versions, so game makers had to adapt and fix their stuff. That was a long time ago; any reasonably modern game has no issues with user accounts.

And besides that, the thread starter has a problem with his hardware, or with his drivers. No amount of "admin" privileges will fix that.

[Rusalky]

To make Steam and Steam games think they have admin privileges, create .bat file with this content and use it to start Steam:

cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam
set __COMPAT_LAYER=RunAsInvoker
start "" steam.exe
exit /s