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Why won't firefox open without administrative check?

Jackiephoto
Jackiephoto
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Every time I try and open firefox, a prompt box opens asking me if I want to let firefox make changes to my harddrive. How do I make this stop? How can I make it so that I don't need to verify every time?

Every time I try and open firefox, a prompt box opens asking me if I want to let firefox make changes to my harddrive. How do I make this stop? How can I make it so that I don't need to verify every time?

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cor-el
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Check that you do not run Firefox as Administrator.

Right-click the Firefox desktop shortcut and choose "Properties".

In the Compatibility tab, make sure that Privilege Level: "Run this program as Administrator" is not selected.

You also need to check the Properties of the firefox.exe program in the Firefox program directory.

Jackiephoto
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I did the first part, but it didnt help. how do I do the second part?


EDIT: I did both of these things, and i'm still having the same issue.

Modified by Jackiephoto