beefcat, 2 years ago (edited 2 years ago)

most windows programs haven’t run as root in over a decade.

a program only runs as “root” in one of three situations:

1. The app manifest says it is a requirement.
2. The executable does not have an app manifest and has the “Run as Administrator” compatibility flag (only applies to apps built for XP or older).
3. The user manually invokes the program with super user permissions (right click and “Run as Administrator", or manually set the above compatibility flag).