<div>
You need to change the program so that it is not writing to the Registry and not writing to Program Files and only using the User's folders to write to. Those are the most common reasons. <br />
<br />
It is your issue and not a Windows 10 issue. Windows 10 has just gotten more secure and there is no end to that one.
</div>


You need to change the program so that it is not writing to the Registry and not writing to Program Files and only using the User's folders to write to. Those are the most common reasons.

It is your issue and not a Windows 10 issue. Windows 10 has just gotten more secure and there is no end to that one.

<div>
There shouldn't be a difference between OS' here. Please download and start procmon from microsoft and monitor our system while executing as standard user. Filter the output for &quot;access denied&quot; and you'll see why that happens.
</div>


There shouldn't be a difference between OS' here. Please download and start procmon from microsoft and monitor our system while executing as standard user. Filter the output for "access denied" and you'll see why that happens.

<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
I have a program created using C++ that runs fine on all Windows 7 computers. But the application crashes on Windows 10 computers unless they select &quot;Run as Administrator&quot;. This is a serious issue when distributing my software. Is there any way programmatically to allow the program to run in this hostile environment?
</div>
</div>


I have a program created using C++ that runs fine on all Windows 7 computers. But the application crashes on Windows 10 computers unless they select "Run as Administrator". This is a serious issue when distributing my software. Is there any way programmatically to allow the program to run in this hostile environment?

My program will not run on Windows 10 unless Run as Administrator is ues

Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system featuring the "universal application architecture" (UAP); apps can be designed to run across multiple devices with nearly identical code, including PCs, tablets, smartphones, embedded systems, Xbox One, Surface Hub and HoloLens. Windows 10 also includes a virtual desktop system, a window and desktop management feature called Task View, the Microsoft Edge web browser, support for fingerprint and face recognition login, voice-based search (Cortana), new security features for enterprise environments, and DirectX 12 and WDDM 2.0 to improve the operating system's graphics capabilities for games.

Windows 10

C++ is an intermediate-level general-purpose programming language, not to be confused with C or C#. It was developed as a set of extensions to the C programming language to improve type-safety and add support for automatic resource management, object-orientation, generic programming, and exception handling, among other features.

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.