Settings - Integration - improve UAC elevation handling
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2025 6:27 am
XnViewMP 1.9.5
Windows11 (25H2), display resolution 3840x2160, dpi scale 150%
Settings - Integration
Suggestion
Example
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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
- other_apps_faststone_uac.png (16.34 KiB) Viewed 63 times
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