Apparently Not Currently System Admin-If I run as I can't Import to TL

Buystockinfun wrote on 12/5/2024, 7:10 PM

I came upon that I was not system admin looking at Help>About>Multimedia devices Gives error that I'm currently logged in without system administrator privileges

So I right clicked the desktop icon and selected properties> advanced and set it as administrator. Now when I click on the icon on the desktop it asks if I want to allow it to make changes to my desktop. The warning is gone in About but I cannot import anything to the timeline.

If I click another shortcut, such as one i put on the taskbar, it has the notice again about not being administrator, but I can again drag items onto the timeline.

This is not good, why would administrator privileges make me not be able to drag things onto the timeline? It affectively makes the program useless.

It makes me wonder...

Why would they even have this not be administrator. I am administrator for all of 365 and its programs and everything else but I don't get that pop up for most things except when I add a program or maybe like some other system action. So what is the difference in admin privilege anyway other than it makes the program not work....and the fact that usually you want it on everything your the flippin admin.

Comments

Buystockinfun wrote on 12/5/2024, 8:16 PM

I am leaving the comments and yes I had revived old post but it might help someone else to answer as the original thread before the update did not explain the below. It is useful to know. Some of us who use VP are not software engineers and or dont think about this as a reason. Seems logical now.

 

Someone posted on an old thread where I started with this:

zzzzzz9125 wrote on 12/5/2024, 5:35 PM

@Buystockinfun It's not exactly a problem from VEGAS Pro, but a problem from Windows. As with any program, if you run it with administrator privileges, you will "lose" the privilege to drag and drop files. The reason is that drag and drop privilege is lower than administrator privileges, and you cannot use lower privileges to interfere with higher privileges.

Just don't run it with administrator privileges.