League of Legends only working when launching as administrator

Not a big issue but it's bugging me for some time now.

After a re-install, I'm only able to launch the game as Administrator, otherwise, the launcher would throw the following error and close.

Unspecified error. Check the logs for more info

I've tried to Repair it, to set permissions of League's folder to 777 (everyone could do whatever they wanted to there) and even re-installing again some months after it started happening.

Extra info:

I don't use antivirus
My OS is Win7

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Best Answer

That's interesting. Have you updated to the new client? That one doesn't have an option to run it as administrator. Now that it's out, I would suggest uninstalling League of Legends trough Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features and reinstalling it. The first time you run it, be sure to run lol.launcher.admin.exe, wait for the patch to finish, then click on LEAGUE CLIENT UPDATE OPEN BETA / Upgrade Now. In the future, start League of Legends using LeagueClient.exe and it should work without asking for administrator privileges.

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Why do I have to run League of Legends as administrator?

Basically it just runs the game using the settings of the administrator on the computer. So that it has extra privileges on the computer that aren't usually given to non-admins.

How do I make League not run as administrator?

Disable UAC. Run the game as an Administrator....Disable UAC

Type \u201cUAC\u201d into your Windows taskbar.

Select \u201cChange User Account Control settings\u201d

Select the \u201cNever notify\u201d option in the UAC settings box.

Click \u201cOK\u201d

How do I stop games running as administrator?

How to disable \u201cRun as Administrator\u201d on Windows 10

Locate the executable program you want to disable its \u201cRun as Administrator status. ...

Right-click on it, and select Properties.

Go to the Compatibility tab.

Uncheck the Run this program as an administrator.

Click OK and run the program to see the result.

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