Vortex "Admin detected" error

[ssawqw]

Hi, I just installed vortex and i get this error searched it, tried the possible solution but it didnt resolve it

But I guess this error is for vortex creator to not be accounted has responsable in case of downloading a malware ?

So if I only download very popular and old verified mods I should be safe right ?

Thanks for reading this

[Tannin42]

Not quite: if you run your mod manager with an admin account, the files you install with it may be accessible only with admin permissions (depending on other windows settings). Thus you will end up forced to run the game and all other modding tools as admin as well so it's kind of like a "security hole cascade".

Having said that: This detection is not 100% reliable. There are windows settings that you (or whoever set up your system) can make that give your regular account some permissions that it wouldn't usually have and that misleads Vortex into think you're running as a full blown admin. In that case it's reasonably safe to ignore this message because you're not running anything with more permission than you would have done otherwise.