Windows 10: User Account Control - "An administrator has blocked you from running this app. For more...

User Account Control - I am getting this message "An administrator has blocked you from running this app. For more information contact the administrator." This is my personal computer. I am the administrator. How do I resolve this issue. The program is a stand alone and on my hard drive. I have been using it for several years.

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User Account Control blocks an app

I have tried every suggestion that I have seen on this bug and still cannot get around it! I downloaded some genealogy software called Legacy 8, but Windows won't let me run the Setup file. I get a pop up that says:

User Account Control

This app has been blocked for your protection.

An administrator has blocked you from running this app. For more information, contact the administrator.

Program name: Legacy8Setup.exe

Publisher: Not Trusted

File Origin: Hard drive on this computer

Program location: C:\Users\.............

But when I click on the file properties, there is no option to unblock as in the instructions I've seen here and on other sites. I even tried a tech chat with Microsoft, but the tech was clueless! I could tell by her questions that she didn't understand
my problem. If I can't get any help here, I guess I'll just have to take it to Office Depot or somewhere.

 

User account control

I had a program which ran fine until the last update. It's called Calendar Creator.

Today I tried to open it, and received the following message:

The top section is all in red and reads:

User Account Control X

This app has been blocked for your protection.

____________________________________________________________

The part under this line is just in black and white

An admininstrator has blocked you from running this app. For more information, contact the administrator.

Creator.exe

Publisher: ......

File origin:........

Program Location:....

Now, I'm signed in as the administrator. I've tried right clicking Creator.exe and then "run as administrator" but pops the same above window up.

I've checked the "properties" of this file and it has "Full control" for Users and Administrator.

I've tried running the program DVD to setup the program again but get the same "User Account Control" window except instead of Creator.exe, it list setup.exe

How can I get this program running again?

 

Settings can't be opened using the built-in administrator account


Hello,
Unfortunately I have the same issue as Dabz from upgrading win7 to win10.
I've tried opening settings using all the suggested methods and it will not load using my account with Administrator access nor the built-in Administrator profile. I also tried other methods not listed such as using Run. Control panel is just a stepping stone to add users in Settings.
I'm also having explorer.exe issues, which I believe is preventing Settings from loading.
Using cmd (Admin) I successfully created a new user profile [and granted admin access also using cmd (Admin)], however win10 will not allow this account to log on. win10 does not list this new user within control panel but it does in the start menu. win10 will not allow to log in or switch to the new account via the start menu either.
I can access settings in Safe Mode but this will not allow me to create a new account.
Any help/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers