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How can I get rid of the UAC icon shield overlay? - 11/12/2020 1:01:12 PM

Slick91

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I've tried every Google tip out there but I can't figure out how I can get rid of that annoying UAC shield on my desktop icons:

I've lowered the UAC level to nothing. Checked the "run as admin" boxes. Created new icons. Uninstalled/reinstalled the applications. Zip...zero...nada...the shield is always present.

Just curious if anyone has had any luck or knows the right steps to make that disappear?

OS = Windows 10 Home (20H2)

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RE: How can I get rid of the UAC icon shield overlay? - 11/21/2020 7:33:33 PM

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To make changes to the User Account Control Settings complete the following steps:
Press the Windows key + C.
Select Search.
Type UAC.
Select Settings.
Select the UAC tile.
Use the slider to adjust the UAC settings.

should work as long as your running a admin account and have installed the game as admin, right click install and run as admin

https://www.intowindows.com/remove-yellow-blue-shield-from-shortcut-icons-on-desktop-in-windows-10/

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RE: How can I get rid of the UAC icon shield overlay? - 11/27/2020 9:23:52 PM

Slick91

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I don't have any issues running the game. I'd like to get rid of the displayed shield overlaid on the game's icon. I know this is more of a Windows thing. But, some Matrix game menu icons have it while other games don't.

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RE: How can I get rid of the UAC icon shield overlay? - 12/8/2020 1:28:25 PM

Protonic2020

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ORIGINAL: Slick91

I don't have any issues running the game. I'd like to get rid of the displayed shield overlaid on the game's icon. I know this is more of a Windows thing. But, some Matrix game menu icons have it while other games don't.

Right click the file and chose to change the icon, "switch icon" there or what it says, i have a Swedish OS.
If no icon is there to your liking proceed to put one there wherever Windows keeps them and take it from there.
Don�t feel like giving it a go to fully see if it works until completed so i leave that for you to work it out, i could help further but for now i just say this.

Edit: It may be "chose icon" and then (bl�ddra), "browse" in English? Then it�s a matter of just pointing to one on your hard drive, i realize it may apply that shield still so it may very well be more troublesome to get rid of that shield on your icon.

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