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This app has been blocked for your protection. 6 It is not very safe to keep this Super Admin account active, as this super administrator account has elevated privileges, and so we would suggest you to disable the account, once your wok is done, so as to keep hackers and cyber criminals at bay. The warning text is “This program has been blocked for your protection” and the body text of the warning is “An administrator has blocked you from running this program. For more information, contact the administrator.” RELATED: Enable the (Hidden) Administrator Account on Windows 7, 8, or 10.
Publisher: Unknown / Not trustedFile origin: Hard drive on this computer / Download from webProgram Location: “File Path”Show information about publisher’s certificateThe blocking of some applications from running in Windows 10 is due to security protection, especially when the application was digitally signed with a revoked or untrusted certificate. The problem happens even when you’re logging in with a user account in Administrators group user group, or run the app as Administrator.If you trust the app or program, you can use one of the following workarounds listed in the tutorial to bypass the Windows 10 Smartscreen filtering to install or run the app.Method 1: Run the App from Elevated Administrator Command PromptTo run an elevated Command Prompt, use of the methods to.Inside the Administrator: Command Prompt, type in the full path to the executable that you want to run. If the full path to the file contains special characters or space, enclose the path within quotation mark (“”). For example, C:WINDOWSsystem32'C:UsersusernameDownloadsInternet Downloadsblockedfile.exe'Hit Enter when done. You can close Command Prompt window anytime.Method 2: Disable Admin Approval Mode & Disable UAC via Group PolicyAdmin Approval Mode restricts the privileges to built-in Administrator account and all other users who are members of the Administrators group, directly contribute to the app is blocked problem. The registry setting change achieved exactly what’s done by group policy as outlined in method 2.
Thus, it disables the User Account Control (UAC) completely, significantly increases the security risk to the operating system. Open Registry Editor by searching for regedit.
Navigate to the following registry key:ComputerHKEYLOCALMACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem. In the right pane, double click on EnableLUA. Change its value data to 0 (default value is 0). Hit OK when done. Restart the computer for the change to take effect.Method 4: Run the Program with Built-in Administrator AccountThe built-in Administrator account in Windows 10 has less restriction that user accounts in Administrators group, even when UAC is enabled. Thus, the “this app has been blocked for your protection” error can be fixed by running the installer or executable in the built-in Administrator account. Before you’re able to sign into built-in Administrator account, you need to.
Switch user or sign out the current user. Sign in with the Administrator user account. Run or install the blocked app. You can choose to switch user or sign out the Administrator account to sign back in to your user account. Once installed, the application would run without being blocked by UAC SmartScreen.
You can now.