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    Firefox requiring UAC

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Sub-D, Aug 19, 2007.

  1. Sub-D

    Sub-D Notebook Evangelist

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    For some reason my copy of Vista has identified Firefox 2.0 as requiring administrator authentication to start up. Now I could live with such a minor nuisance normally however it appears that when Firefox 2.0 is started via UAC I cannot use either the backwards or forwards buttons or the universal scroll button on my Logitech VX revolution mouse. I looked into the matter a little and I tried installing the latest Setpoint software and reinstalling Firefox to fix the problem yet neither of those actions solved my problem. Even after reinstalling Firefox, the horrible little shield icon remains next to my desktop icon.

    What I have found is that by disabling UAC I have full use of all the buttons on my mouse when using Firefox. The answer seems to be somehow marking Firefox as a safe program and removing the need for a UAC prompt however I don't have the first idea how to do this. Any and all help greatly appreciated as I don't particularly enjoy running my laptop without UAC (as annoying as it is) on.
     
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    Something tells me that it's going to have to come from a patch from firefox. I have this problem with the logitech updater (asks for permission every time I start the laptop) and as far as I can tell there is no way to tell UAC that this program doesn't need permission. I think this is because UAC is a safety feature, and if you could mark certain programs to ignore it, this could be exploited by a virus or other malware.
     
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    That's rather odd. Have you tried disabling all of the plugins? Maybe something in there is triggering UAC. Firefox works just fine on my system with UAC on, in a standard account no less.
     
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    I've been through the plug-ins but that doesn't seem to solve the problem. It really is very weird as everything works aside from my additional mouse buttons when the program is run under UAC. Everything else works fine. Does your copy of Firefox require confirmation when you start it up?
     
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    Firefox does not require admin privileges to run except when updating the main program.

    Do you have "Run this program as an administrator" checked in the Compatibility tab?
     
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    I don't have the "Run this program as an administrator" option checked on my settings for my current user but when I select "Show settings for all users" the option is checked but grayed out so that I can't deselect it.

    =/

    Any ideas?
     
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