Posted 28 November 2023

trying to load older games on win10 pc and failing.

I am trying to load some hidden object games onto my win10 pc and I get a blocking message.

Up pops a "user account control " message.
"this app has been blocked for your protection."

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

I am the only user and also administrator obviously on this pc.

any advice please
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  1. tardytortoise's avatar
    I'm taking bets on whether your windows version is "Windows 10 Home S"
    Onlydongles's avatar
    Or 64 bit versus 32 bit ?
  2. Yolofknell's avatar
    Change the setting in here to a lower setting.51606429-wOQBh.jpg
  3. Munch1981's avatar
    Can you right click and run as administrator?
  4. aLV426's avatar
    Plenty of options, most are all free!
    You can elect to run the game under Windows compatibility mode. Using Dosbox, Virtual machines, etc are much more convenient options. rather than compromising the security settings on Windows.
    Some games have been ported to the Steam platform and have been optimised for Windows install.
    It would help if you shared the name of the games you are trying to install.

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    EndlessWaves's avatar
    'Hidden object games' are generally a relatively recent genre, I seem to remember they became popular in the mid to late 2000s.

    So he's likely talking about 10-15 year old games designed for XP and Vista and probably originally released on steam.
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