User Account Control keeps popping up when deploying mods

[CRlight]

I recently built a new computer and installed windows 11. Everytime I deploy mods I get a UAC pop up asking to allow vortex to make changes to my device but I never had this happen on my previous build with Windows 10. Is there a way to make it stop asking without turning these notifications off for every app? It's really annoying having to say yes everytime I install a new mod. 

Using Nexus Version 1.13.3

[showler]

Don't install games in the Program Files folders.

[CRlight]

15 minutes ago, showler said:

Don't install games in the Program Files folders.

It's not

[metalheadhr]

1 hour ago, CRlight said:

I recently built a new computer and installed windows 11. Everytime I deploy mods I get a UAC pop up asking to allow vortex to make changes to my device but I never had this happen on my previous build with Windows 10. Is there a way to make it stop asking without turning these notifications off for every app? It's really annoying having to say yes everytime I install a new mod. 

Using Nexus Version 1.13.3

If you are running it as an administrator then it will do that every deployment. This could be because you have Vortex.exe set to run as administrator in compatibility in the file's properties or you have enabled run in elevated mode either explicitly through the elevated mode setting or by using Symlinks for deployment (depending on the game, game directory location and staging area location) which may also require elevated deployments.

[showler]

2 hours ago, CRlight said:

It's not

Then perhaps you have the UAC set to a higher level than previously.

[CRlight]

10 hours ago, metalheadhr said:

If you are running it as an administrator then it will do that every deployment. This could be because you have Vortex.exe set to run as administrator in compatibility in the file's properties or you have enabled run in elevated mode either explicitly through the elevated mode setting or by using Symlinks for deployment (depending on the game, game directory location and staging area location) which may also require elevated deployments.

Thank you! It was the symlinks, I changed it to hardlink and no longer get the pop up. 

[igetrekt007]

Trying to mod witcher 3 here. I am getting the symlink creation failed error during deployment, installation and even during removal of mods. All three operations are failing. Searching around revealed that the mod staging folder was to be moved to the same hard drive as where the game is located. 

Since current mods could not be removed / installed because of UAC issues (waits for me to give permission, and even after I give elevated permissions, the operation still fails), I completely purged Vortex from my system using Revo (including cache entries / registry keys etc.), reinstalled it, made sure to move the staging folder (using the suggested path) before logging in and managing the game. So now, the mod path and everything are in the same directory as the game. 

Based on previous comments, the expectation should be that Hardlink option should be visible in the Deployment options. This is not the case for me, I still see only the symlink option, which does not work. 

Any suggestions on fixing this? 

• Checked the compatibility settings of the program, can see that it is not running as administrator every time.
• Even tried the Allow Symlinks without Elevation option, but that also fails. I accept the UAC to Give Privilege, reboot my computer as requested, and when I reopen Vortex, this option gets automatically deselected, even though I had explicitly given permissions to it. 
• As per the other threads, I've also checked that the partition where the game & mod staging folder is present is NTFS as well. 

Edited December 31, 2024 by igetrekt007