Steam and some other applications ONLY work if I run them as administrator

[Cetrus02 | Blender]

This is mega annoying, i constantly have to right click - run as admin when i want to play a game or simply edit a document file.

I didnt have this problem always, it started around the time when i upgraded Avast to premium, ever since my apps dont listen to me

[󠀡󠀡󠀡⁧⁧the.jester]

Sounds like the problem is Avast, or rather, its ransomware protection blocking everything.

I would open the ransomware shield options and look to see what options are set, specifically the blocked and allowed apps lists. programs listed in the blocked list will be prevented from modifying specific folders, so make sure they aren't showing in there.

[Iceira]

this is addware , and system has been compromised, its like user lost administrator right/user rights, many fiddle with user controll settings and then reset to default all previous install will fail.

i dont know, whats best, reclaim ownership or if this is a gamer pc reinstall fresh OS and games.
or enter every .exe with admin rights ( right click file and learn if this is what you want to do on all .exe issue you have, and as above users point out many antivirus app require you grant app to run depend on security settings or how aggresive they are.

dont forget just because you did it, what about next new game.
many actual have a gameing pc today , and most will not take 2 sec to judge ( bye bye old system and reinstall OS , because to fix or keep fix it , is not funny at all.

ps.
dont forget the time you try to fix the OS and get normal procedur, require a script to beta the time and we all know dont trust other ppl scripts. ( so time do matter here. to get things to normal or fresh install. )

sure if someone know exatly what OP issue is in system and can be fixed asap.
sure maybe someday a app we can trust that can fix all windows to default then reinstall is useless.

do not forget antivirus app is block or allow, they dont fiddle with admin/user right in general.

i could have told all this in one line , security issue. not a steam issue, but then you will have no explanation or what to do.

you can rollback( system restor point ) to before this happend , problem is many dont know, or if windows core update cant roll back before that happend. ( this is why i normal dont mention this, another maybe waste of time. that might fix it or NOT. )

[Iceira]

other old idea make new window login user. this is just to proof system issue is still there, and get a idea of admin or old user profile issue. ( does this solve it depend on every install you did if they ask install for all users.

just because server administrator can do this. things dont work like that ,then its privat user pc and all settings is at that user profile. ( this can show user or admin issue ) not both.

[Cetrus02 | Blender]

Originally posted by the.jester:

Sounds like the problem is Avast, or rather, its ransomware protection blocking everything.

I would open the ransomware shield options and look to see what options are set, specifically the blocked and allowed apps lists. programs listed in the blocked list will be prevented from modifying specific folders, so make sure they aren't showing in there.

Welp, i no longer have the ransomware shield and i reset avast. Nothing happened

[Cent]

Heya, i own avast too and had a problem of games not downloading and only started very recently, wondering if the problem just happened for you too, and if that is the case then avast is the problem

[DC-GS]

Never used Avast, but I think it changes the file permissions. So even if the software isnt running or was removed, the file permission persist since they are stored "in windows".
Check if Avast has a cleanup function. If not, you probably have to restore permission by hand. Or nuke it.