vista administrator prompt on startup

elkedoodle · 5th August 2009, 00:04

Starting about five weeks ago, every time I start Winamp, I get prompted for the administrator password. I cancel the dialog, and winamp goes ahead and runs just fine. Couldn't find this by searching this forum.

Have I been infected with something? What is it trying to do?

Thanks

winamp 5.541
vista home premium 64 sp1

lde57 · 30th August 2009, 16:40

Can someone please answer this question? WinAmp should not be prompting to install a program. This is very, very annoying. How do I get the program to simply run as I told it to, on my non-privledged user account?

Eindringling · 30th August 2009, 21:27

I had the same problem.

Please reset the user rights of your songs. Maybe you moved a song from a different nfts drive.

right mouse buttn on the drive -> properties -> security -> advanced -> edit => set both checkboxes at the bottom of the dialogbox.

oscarD · 13th September 2009, 13:19

That's great, but I don't use winamp to listen to locally stored music. I only use it for internet radio, and I'm still getting the annoying prompt for the administrator password.

I hate to say it, but this is the sort of thing that reflects badly on all open source software.

lde57 · 13th September 2009, 14:44

Quote:

Originally posted by Eindringling
I had the same problem.

Please reset the user rights of your songs. Maybe you moved a song from a different nfts drive.

right mouse buttn on the drive -> properties -> security -> advanced -> edit => set both checkboxes at the bottom of the dialogbox.

I tried this, but it didn't work. Thanks anyway.

I will say I do not store my music in Documents. I put them in another folder, on the same drive I downloaded in.

If I start WinAmp, cancel the attempt to log in as admin, let it play, get out, and then restart for the 2nd time, it does not try to get permission to run as Administrator. It just starts, as it should.

Batter Pudding · 13th September 2009, 16:48

(This is an educated guess from a Vista Business 64-bit Winamp user)
Go into the Winamp \ Preferences.
Open General Preferences \ File Types.

Do you have "Restore file associations at Winamp start-up" ticked? I'd take an educated guess that this could be causing a Admin Rights Elevation. Especially if it is having to reset some file rights. Try unticking it.

Is your copy of Winamp working in a Vista compliant way? i.e. saving its settings to %appdata%\roaming\winamp? OR is this an old install upgraded and trying to write to the Program Files folder?

(I have seen a number of issues on this forum, and many others, where users are trying to fight Vista's need to keep User Settings in a separate area to the Application Files. Vista is not crappy old Win98 mixing user files and application files and causing security headaches.)

lde57 · 14th September 2009, 01:12

Quote:

Originally posted by Batter Pudding
(This is an educated guess from a Vista Business 64-bit Winamp user)
Go into the Winamp \ Preferences.
Open General Preferences \ File Types.

Do you have "Restore file associations at Winamp start-up" ticked? I'd take an educated guess that this could be causing a Admin Rights Elevation. Especially if it is having to reset some file rights. Try unticking it.

Is your copy of Winamp working in a Vista compliant way? i.e. saving its settings to %appdata%\roaming\winamp? OR is this an old install upgraded and trying to write to the Program Files folder?

(I have seen a number of issues on this forum, and many others, where users are trying to fight Vista's need to keep User Settings in a separate area to the Application Files. Vista is not crappy old Win98 mixing user files and application files and causing security headaches.)

I did have this set, and have unset it. Eindringling's advice made a lot of sense to me. Once following it failed, I looked through the preferences for something like this, but didnt see anything.

I'll update in a couple of days on whether this stops the elevation behavior.

lde57 · 20th September 2009, 20:50

Worked! I have some .wav files in my playlists, and Windows Media player is the default program for that. So Winamp was indeed trying to change the default.

Thanks to all who replied.

oscarD · 20th September 2009, 23:25

Yes, unchecking the "restore file associations" option fixed the problem for me too. Thanks

Batter Pudding · 21st September 2009, 09:49

Yay!!! For working answers.

Bit cheeky that Windows Media Player can nick the associations back without asking you. Tut tut.

Another solution will be to nip into WMP and tell it to stop nicking the file associations.

DJ Egg · 21st September 2009, 15:26

Please note that this issue will be fixed in the next release (5.57, or whatever),
so you'll then be able to re-check "Restore associations at Winamp startup" on Vista & Windows 7 again.

Batter Pudding · 21st September 2009, 15:36

Thank you for that snippet, Sir Egg.

lde57 · 22nd September 2009, 17:37

I had left .wav files associated with Media Player on purpose. It starts up in very small window to play some little I click on, without interfering with the real music I'm playing in Winamp. I just couldn't think of what may be going on. Thanks again to all.

5th August 2009, 00:04	#1
elkedoodle Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1	vista administrator prompt on startup Starting about five weeks ago, every time I start Winamp, I get prompted for the administrator password. I cancel the dialog, and winamp goes ahead and runs just fine. Couldn't find this by searching this forum. Have I been infected with something? What is it trying to do? Thanks winamp 5.541 vista home premium 64 sp1

30th August 2009, 21:27	#3
Eindringling Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Heidelberg Posts: 32	I had the same problem. Please reset the user rights of your songs. Maybe you moved a song from a different nfts drive. right mouse buttn on the drive -> properties -> security -> advanced -> edit => set both checkboxes at the bottom of the dialogbox. Constant dripping wears away the stone. Steter Tropfen höhlt den Stein. Winamp, Audomate 3.4(135), Ultramixer or E-Mix

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DJ Egg Techorator Winamp Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,129	Please note that this issue will be fixed in the next release (5.57, or whatever), so you'll then be able to re-check "Restore associations at Winamp startup" on Vista & Windows 7 again. Playlist -\|- Twitter

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30th August 2009, 16:40	#2
lde57 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5	Can someone please answer this question? WinAmp should not be prompting to install a program. This is very, very annoying. How do I get the program to simply run as I told it to, on my non-privledged user account?

13th September 2009, 13:19	#4
oscarD Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2	That's great, but I don't use winamp to listen to locally stored music. I only use it for internet radio, and I'm still getting the annoying prompt for the administrator password. I hate to say it, but this is the sort of thing that reflects badly on all open source software.

13th September 2009, 16:48	#6
Batter Pudding Major Dude Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,358	(This is an educated guess from a Vista Business 64-bit Winamp user) Go into the Winamp \ Preferences. Open General Preferences \ File Types. Do you have "Restore file associations at Winamp start-up" ticked? I'd take an educated guess that this could be causing a Admin Rights Elevation. Especially if it is having to reset some file rights. Try unticking it. Is your copy of Winamp working in a Vista compliant way? i.e. saving its settings to %appdata%\roaming\winamp? OR is this an old install upgraded and trying to write to the Program Files folder? (I have seen a number of issues on this forum, and many others, where users are trying to fight Vista's need to keep User Settings in a separate area to the Application Files. Vista is not crappy old Win98 mixing user files and application files and causing security headaches.)

20th September 2009, 20:50	#8
lde57 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5	Worked! I have some .wav files in my playlists, and Windows Media player is the default program for that. So Winamp was indeed trying to change the default. Thanks to all who replied.

20th September 2009, 23:25	#9
oscarD Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2	Yes, unchecking the "restore file associations" option fixed the problem for me too. Thanks

21st September 2009, 09:49	#10
Batter Pudding Major Dude Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,358	Yay!!! For working answers. Bit cheeky that Windows Media Player can nick the associations back without asking you. Tut tut. Another solution will be to nip into WMP and tell it to stop nicking the file associations.

21st September 2009, 15:36	#12
Batter Pudding Major Dude Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,358	Thank you for that snippet, Sir Egg.

22nd September 2009, 17:37	#13
lde57 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5	I had left .wav files associated with Media Player on purpose. It starts up in very small window to play some little I click on, without interfering with the real music I'm playing in Winamp. I just couldn't think of what may be going on. Thanks again to all.