Running Windows File Explorer As Administrator


As long as you keep the driver blocked from being installed you shouldn't run into any problems using the Memory Integrity setting.
I'm not at all sure how to go about blocking it. Don't know what WUMT is or
As long as you keep the driver blocked from being installed you shouldn't run into any problems using the Memory Integrity setting.
I don't know how to do that. I don't know what WUMT is or what Wushowhide.diagcab is or how to use them.
 

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I don't know what WUMT is or what Wushowhide.diagcab is or how to use them.
Wushowhide.diagcab is a very old tool from Microsoft, first released for the initial version of W10. Still works in 11. It's a very simple tool that just allows you to block one or more updates that Windows Update would otherwise deliver. It's very simple to use.


WUMT is a third party app that manges all your updates. It give you full control over which, if any, updates you wish to install. As such, it's more complex to use, but more powerful.

 

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    fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022. It got the 23H2 Feature Update on 4th November 2023 through Windows Update.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
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    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround. In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround. Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
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Thank you. I will look into both of them.

I seem to remember in Win 10 or possibly Win 7 individual updates could be blocked at the Windows Update site. I haven't seen that option available lately.
 

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    ACPI x64-based PC
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I seem to remember in Win 10 or possibly Win 7 individual updates could be blocked at the Windows Update site.
In Windows 7 you could configure Window Update to let you pick and choose which updates to install, and to let you hide those you didn't want.

In the initial release of Windows 10 there was no choice, Home automatically installed updates and Pro only let you pause all updates, but not choose which to install when you resumed. Microsoft very quickly realised there were a few rare cases where a particular update (usually a driver) had to be blocked and released wushowhide.diagcab.
 

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    Windows 11 Home
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    Laptop
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    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23
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    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphics
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    laptop screen
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    1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
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    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD
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    50 Mbps
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    Edge, Firefox
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    Defender
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    fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022. It got the 23H2 Feature Update on 4th November 2023 through Windows Update.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
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    Windows 11 Pro
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    Laptop
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    Dell Lattitude E4310
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    Intel® Core™ i5-520M
    Motherboard
    0T6M8G
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics card(s)
    (integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB Crucial MX500 SSD
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround. In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround. Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
(usually a driver) had to be blocked and released wushowhide.diagcab
I downloaded it yesterday from MS and had to give it permission to download.
 

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    Windows 11 Canary Channel
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    Intel Core i7-10700K
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    ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/ax
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    Realtek Audio
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    Logitek M185
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    Windows Defender
I downloaded it yesterday from MS and had to give it permission to download.
Yes, it's on one of their http servers. Browser now won't download from insecure sites unless you jump through a few hoops. That used to be the case for all downloads from the update catalog too, but those MS have now switched to https servers.
 

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    Windows 11 Home
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    Laptop
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    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23
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    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop screen
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD
    Internet Speed
    50 Mbps
    Browser
    Edge, Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022. It got the 23H2 Feature Update on 4th November 2023 through Windows Update.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Lattitude E4310
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-520M
    Motherboard
    0T6M8G
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics card(s)
    (integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB Crucial MX500 SSD
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround. In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround. Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
When I right click on File Explorer in the Start menu and try to run it as the Administrator, I get a dialog box with the error message you can see in the attachment. Does anyone know how to fix this?

By the way, there is only 1 account, mine, on this computer and I am already supposed to have administrator privileges but often times when using the Command Prompt I still have to Right click and choose Run As Administrator for it to have those privileges.

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You very rarely need to. Key point is just because you are a member of the Adminstrator's group certainly does not mean what you are running are running with Admin. The first thing that starts is your desktop. You start everything from there. It does NOT run with Admin no matter who you are (this is good - you shouldn't be running with Admin unless you need it). If it is an old/cheap pgm that needs Admin (1) if its an old pgm, it may assume it is running with Admin and fail; (2) If it is an old/cheap pgm it will check and tell you to re-run it with Admin; (3) It will check, realize it is running w/o Admin and re-execute itself via the Windows Consent pgm. Consent is what darkens your screen and asks permission. If you say yes, Windows launches the requested pgm with Admin and the original execution ends. Now back to your original question - it ain't easy. (1) Start Task Manager; (2) Terminate all instances of EXPLORER.EXE; (3) From Task Manager's menu bar, File/Run New Task, "explorer /nouaccheck" (w/o the quotes). I'd suggest you do what you need to do then terminate Explorer and start it again w/o the /nouaccheck. Note that you must not have checked "Launch Folder Windows in a Separate Process". MS has taken great pains to prevent this and it is VERY rarely needed.
 

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Note that you must not have checked "Launch Folder Windows in a Separate Process". MS has taken great pains to prevent this and it is VERY rarely needed.
Thank you for all that information. I, since starting this thread, found another way to solve my problem.
 

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    Windows 11 Pro ver. 22H2
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    ACPI x64-based PC
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    12th Grn. Intel i7-12700K 3600 Mhz 12 Cores
    Motherboard
    ASUSTeK - Prime Z690-P WIFI
    Memory
    64 GB DDR5
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
    Sound Card
    NVIDIA High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    HDS72252 5VLAT80 2 Tb ssd Hard drive
    PSU
    850 Watt Power Supply
    Case
    19" high desktop
    Cooling
    A lot of fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    500 Mg
    Browser
    FF
    Antivirus
    Windows Defendor & Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    2 Asus Blu-Ray burners - BW - 16D1HT
Please share with us what you ended up doing to solve your problem so others may learn
 

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    Windows 11 Pro 64 bit 22H2
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    Gigabyte Z390 UD
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    Intel Core i7 77000 3.60
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    Gigabyte Z390 UD
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    16 GB
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    nVidia GEForce RTX 2060 Super
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    Two 27" Dell 4K monitors
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    3840 x 2160
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    M.2 NVME SSD, 500 GB; Two 2TB Mechanical HDD's
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    850w PSU
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    Cyberpower PC
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    Water cooled
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    Backlit Cyberpower gamiong keyboard
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    Backlit Cyberpower gaming mouse
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    1 GB mbps
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    Brave
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Please share with us what you ended up doing to solve your problem so others may learn
Sorry I thought I had posted the solution. I did post it but it was in another thread I started. Anyway here it is for this thread.

Not sure why I hadn't thought of this before but it worked and I didn't need to run anything with Admin privileges. I used a program I already had installed called iObit Unlocker and deleted those 2 files once I located them using a search program called "Everything."
 

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    Windows 11 Pro ver. 22H2
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    PC/Desktop
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    ACPI x64-based PC
    CPU
    12th Grn. Intel i7-12700K 3600 Mhz 12 Cores
    Motherboard
    ASUSTeK - Prime Z690-P WIFI
    Memory
    64 GB DDR5
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
    Sound Card
    NVIDIA High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    HDS72252 5VLAT80 2 Tb ssd Hard drive
    PSU
    850 Watt Power Supply
    Case
    19" high desktop
    Cooling
    A lot of fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    500 Mg
    Browser
    FF
    Antivirus
    Windows Defendor & Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    2 Asus Blu-Ray burners - BW - 16D1HT
Please share with us what you ended up doing to solve your problem so others may learn
Thinking back, I believe I should have given you a little more information. At the time I posted this thread I was trying to delete two files that were keeping me from enabling Memory Integrity. They were rcblan.sys and wdcsam64_prewin8.sys. I thought by running File Explorer with admin privileges I would be able to do that. With all the cautions I was reading about doing that, I found the other way which I posted for you in my above post. The confusion for me in thinking I had already posted it was I had another thread going at the same time here: Reinstalling Windows 11 and it kind of morphed into trying to solve the problem of deleting those 2 files. I did post the solution I used in that thread and now it is posted in this thread, as well. I hope that helps.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro ver. 22H2
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    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ACPI x64-based PC
    CPU
    12th Grn. Intel i7-12700K 3600 Mhz 12 Cores
    Motherboard
    ASUSTeK - Prime Z690-P WIFI
    Memory
    64 GB DDR5
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
    Sound Card
    NVIDIA High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    HDS72252 5VLAT80 2 Tb ssd Hard drive
    PSU
    850 Watt Power Supply
    Case
    19" high desktop
    Cooling
    A lot of fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    500 Mg
    Browser
    FF
    Antivirus
    Windows Defendor & Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    2 Asus Blu-Ray burners - BW - 16D1HT

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