Settings - Integration - improve UAC elevation handling

[user0]

XnViewMP 1.9.5
Windows11 (25H2), display resolution 3840x2160, dpi scale 150%

Settings - Integration


Suggestion

• improve UAC elevation handling
  current behavior
  0. start app w/o admin rights
  1. change "Add 'Browser with XnViewMP' to context menu" checkbox
  2. press OK
  nothing happens, setting remain unchanged w/o notifying user
  
  expected behavior
  like in FastStone:
  0. start app w/o admin rights
  1. check checkbox that require admin rights
  2. press OK
  UAC popup appears

Example

• FastStone

  

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[xnview]

Thanks to your detailed description I can reproduce the problem.