Well, why do you start Unity with administrator privileges? There’s no need for it and you shouldn’t do it. It actually breaks a lot of other things. Also it’s a huge security risk as the editor and any code in the editor would have admin privileges. So it would be quite easy to catch some rootkit malware through some package or script.
So the question is how you start Unity in the first place? You should find the reason why it starts with admin privileges and fix that. This warning only shows when you run Unity as admin. Maybe you accidentally set compatibility settings of your shortcut to always start as admin? If that’s the case you should remove that.
None of them should run with elevated privileges. When I start UnityHub all instances run with normal privileges.
Usually the one with the highest memory usage is the actual application. You can see this when you view the command line that started the process (it’s a separate column, I don’t know the exact english name as my system is not in english ^^).
Maybe you have something weird configured in your system… Does your explorer.exe also run with elevated privileges? Because it shouldn’t either. It’s really hard to diagnose from this side.
I and others will tell you every time: DO NOT RUN UNITY WITH ADMINISTRATOR PRIVILEGES.
Period.
If you have no idea why this happens it’s about time to REINSTALL WINDOWS because your system seems to be running applications with admin privileges in general (even your winlogon.exe has elevated privileges!).
That puts your system at risk, if not already compromised. Anything that runs on your system will have total access to everything, privileges to do anything.
I just like to add that normal and privileged applications don’t play well together. For example Windows does not allow drag and drop operations between different privilege levels. So when your explorer (that includes the taskbar and the desktop and all other folder windows) runs with admin privileges (which it shouldn’t) you can not drag&drop files from any folder into Unity (when Unity runs with normal privileges). The other way round is also true. So such operations can not cross the two privilege levels.
Only services and certain system processes should run with elevated privileges. Installer and updater applications also often run with elevated level. Though most (and preferably all) UI applications should run under normal privileges. So just as CodeSmile said, if you have many if not all or most applications running with elevated privileges, there’s probably something wrong with your system.
Well I have run every possible method to stop it running as elevated and, after 2 days of failure like others, I am uninstalling Unity and installing Unreal Engine.
Oh well, this kind of users are the nightmare of all sys admins..
Wonder, do you have any of these “Boost your PC” or “Tweak your windows” programs on?
Since normally Windows makes it rather hard to have programs start as admin by default…
When everything runs with elevated privileges, the sound thing to do is to re-install Windows from scratch. Your Windows may be broken if not compromised. Continuing to use it in this stage is a risk to yourself, your data, and everyone you connect to and share files with.
Unreal Engine doesn’t like it either. You’ve clearly done something wrong with your installation of Windows. Maybe you’re logging in as admin rather than as a normal user.
TenorshareUpdateAssistant is also running elevated - and seems to be either malware or at least a trojan virus.
If I were you - i would wipe the disk and clean reinstall windows
Yeah, but even then that company is known to have unethical business practices, is untrustworthy, and has been banned from tech support subreddits and forums. For example they’re known for trading for 5-star reviews and denying refunds for the simplest things stopping it from working.
If the software is constantly running in administrator mode I would immediately change every password you own and reinstall everything. That’s the behavior I would expect of something trying to steal your identity and personal data. The more reputable anti-virus and anti-malware scanners are known for flagging it as malicious software.