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Shield on icon

f6dqm1 Posted messages 57 Status Member -  
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Hello, I don’t understand why some icons on my desktop have a shield and others don’t. For example, the Outlook icon has a shield while the Word and Excel icons do not, even though all three are installed in the same Microsoft Office 2010 directory. And they have exactly the same permissions! If someone could shed some light on this for me? Thanks in advance. Gabriel

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    bazfile Posted messages 58485 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   20 265
     
    Hello.
    The shield is there to indicate that the application needs administrator rights to run.
    To remove the shield, you need to modify the User Account Control settings, which I do not recommend, as everything is working fine; leave things as they are.

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  2. Panth33ra Posted messages 23111 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   Ambassadeur 2 362
     
    Hello,
    You mention... 
     I don’t understand why some icons on my desktop have a shield and others don’t.

    Well, neither do I!
    By the way, which Windows OS is your PC running?

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  3. f6dqm1 Posted messages 57 Status Member
     
    I am on Windows 10 - 64 bits.
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  4. f6dqm1 Posted messages 57 Status Member
     
    Thank you for the response. I’m fine with that, but why does Outlook need admin rights and not Word or Excel?
    And this is just one example. I have a folder called Games with very classic games (Minesweeper, Solitaire, Tarot, Sudoku, etc.). They all have shortcuts in a desktop tile. Some have the shield, others don’t. Furthermore, they are installed directly under C:/Games, a directory where UAC does not apply!!! In short, I don’t understand Microsoft’s logic. That said, these shields do not bother me much, but I like to understand. I found a way to remove the shield without affecting UAC and security. It works but is a bit cumbersome because it has to be applied to each icon on the desktop. Have a good day. Gabriel
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    1. bazfile Posted messages 58485 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   20 265
        
      I’m fine with that, but why does Outlook need administrator rights while Word and Excel do not?

      Outlook connects to the internet to retrieve emails, which is not the case for Word and Excel.
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