After upgrading to Windows 10, some desktop shortcuts have UAC shield icons. Is it possible to remove them?
EDIT: Here's a solution...
Launch the shortcuts via CMD:
- Right-click the shortcut to Properties
- Click Change Icon, then click OK when its window pops up (necessary step to avoid losing the icon)
- Add the following, plus a space, to the beginning of the Target field, leaving the existing path at the end:
Code:cmd /c start ""
I had previously solved this by editing a system icon file, but that method doesn't seem to be working as of update 1607, plus it was a lot more trouble.
Would appear that you need Administrative rights to run those programs. I wonder if you could use a hack like the blank.ico trick for not having the shortcut "arrow" overlay on shortcuts, the way Ultimate Windows Tweaker 3 does.
I tried something similar called "Microangelo On Display", but no luck. It's apparently lost its previous shield-removing powers on Windows 10.
Is anyone else aware of any apps/hacks that would be able to do this?
Those shields mean that the program has Administrative rights to run. To remove them, typically, all you need to do is remove Admin rights from the shortcut or via the *.exe.
Right, but those programs typically need admin rights, right? I'm just looking for a way to prevent the icon from showing up.
From what I've read, you'd need to manually edit the imageres.dll that contains the icon, or find a program like On Display that does this for you (if that is how it does what it does).
I just can't find anything on how to do this in Windows 10.
Games dont need admin rights and I doubt your imageres.dll contains those game icons.
Most of the time you can manually change icons without a program, but I heard there was another tweakui floating around that will remove the shortcut arrows.
Still hoping to get this resolved. Does anyone have the solution?Many of them do, otherwise they can't save.Games dont need admin rights
Wrong. They only need specific permission to perform saves.Still hoping to get this resolved. Does anyone have the solution?
Many of them do, otherwise they can't save.
Do you know which permissions would be enough to allow them to save, but not so much that the icon shows up?only need specific permission
I had the same problem and followed the tutorial below to get rid of it. You can actually also get rid of the short cut arrow the same way without going through the other trick. Might seem a bit daunting but it's easy and I've had no issues since doing it
Clear uac icon overlays on windows 8 icons
