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how do I make my games able to save on a standard user account in Win 8.1?

Something you can try.

Is this a Steam/Origin PC game?

One of the things you can do is that you need to set the Steam folder for full control with the daughter's standard account. Right clicking the Steam or Origin folder, changing the Security settings for full permissions for everything in it (subfolders included) with the daughter's standard account is something you could do.

This will make sure that if there any Steam or Origin updates, that it would ensure that any game within the Steam/Origin folder that may invoke updates can be able to (the reason why you have the User Access Control / needing Admin password to use).

This way, you can still have UAC enabled and have the segregation of the standard account.
 
Yeah, you're going to need to provide some more information. What game? Is she using Steam, Origin or Uplay?

For steam, I just have it setup to install into "C:steam" rather than "c😛rogram files". Game installation still requires elevated privileges, but playing games as a standard user is no problem (just relaunch steam after the game is installed).

For Uplay, in addition to elevated privileges for installation, your daughters account will need to BE an administrator when she first logs into Uplay. She can then be reverted to a standard user subsequently.

In both cases, updates may need elevated privileges, but that shouldn't be too often.
 
no they are not steam games, the two I am trying to make run and save games are Maxis the Sims and Lionhead The Movies.
There are more but those are the ones I am trying to make run and learn how to do it.
One site had me download a 5 GB windows compatability tool thing which did not work. I don't want her to be an admin because when she was she downloaded all kinds of adware/spyware.
Thanks for the reply.
 
BirdDad said:
no they are not steam games, the two I am trying to make run and save games are Maxis the Sims and Lionhead The Movies.
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Are these the original CD versions? If so, the copy protection scheme may be the issue.

I don't have either of those games, but it looks like the original Sims game needs administrator privileges in order to run.

I don't want her to be an admin because when she was she downloaded all kinds of adware/spyware.
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Good call.
 
Something you could do is force the program to run without elevation, using the RunAsInvoker compatibility shim, which would override the program's own settings as well as Windows' heuristics and suppress elevation. It might work, or it might not work. But it may be worth trying to see if elevation is actually needed or if the program is just being stupid and asking for it needlessly.

Unfortunately, Microsoft didn't provide a UI to enable this particular shim (they did provide a UI to enable the related RunAsAdmin shim, though). One quick and easy way to do this is to enable the RunAsAdmin shim on a program (right-click the executable or the program shortcut, select the "Compatibility" tab, select "Run this program as an administrator") and then afterwards, open up the Registry Editor and change RunAsAdmin to RunAsInvoker. (The change takes effect instantly, as Windows consults these keys each time a process is spawned.)

The registry keys in question are in one of these two locations, depending on whether you want this change to be system-wide or localized to just one user:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers (per-user setting)
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers (if you changed this setting "for all users")
 
thedosbox said:
Are these the original CD versions? If so, the copy protection scheme may be the issue.

I don't have either of those games, but it looks like the original Sims game needs administrator privileges in order to run.



Good call.
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No copy protection is not the issue, I had these games running just fine on her old computer which was under a standard user account. And I own the original CD versions of the games.
The trick was easy, it was a Windows 8 PC and I read it off a page but can't find the page now. The games work fine except you can't save your game. They are not making me run as admin I don't think anyway but I can't save games.
Thanks for the replies.
 
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BirdDad said:
No copy protection is not the issue, I had these games running just fine on her old computer which was under a standard user account. And I own the original CD versions of the games.
The trick was easy, it was a Windows 8 PC and I read it off a page but can't find the page now. The games work fine except you can't save your game. They are not making me run as admin I don't think anyway but I can't save games.
Thanks for the replies.
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Oh. Your original post said that she was being prompted for elevation.

Where are the games saved to normally? Find that location and make it globally writable...
 
How do I find out where they are saved? I know the Sims saves to a folder called "Game Data" but what do I do, do I right click on the folder and choose something to make it globally writeable, if so what do I choose to make it so?
Thank you for taking the time to help me.
 
BirdDad said:
How do I find out where they are saved? I know the Sims saves to a folder called "Game Data" but what do I do, do I right click on the folder and choose something to make it globally writeable, if so what do I choose to make it so?
Thank you for taking the time to help me.
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You can temporarily grant admin privs, save a game, and poke around to see where it was saved... or it's probably easier to just Google the savegame location.

Once you've found the folder that it saves to, right-click on it in File Explorer, select Properties, select Security, hit Edit, then Add, type the username to grant permissions to (or it's easier to just type "Everyone"), check the box to grant Full Control, and press the various OK buttons to close up.
 
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