On Windows 10, Unity Hub starts up as an empty window if I have “Run this program as an administrator” checked in the .exe properties. Strangely, it works when I right-click->Run As Administrator.
My other problem right now is that I can’t open up any Unity versions from Unity Hub that have “Run this program as an administrator” checked, even when I right-click->run as administrator for Unity Hub. I need to run Unity in administrator mode in order to make certain console builds.
Not a huge deal since I can open the needed version myself, but I would love to see this fixed!
This problem still persists. Unity needs to run as Admin else it cannot load Visual Studio, the Hub needs Admin else it cannot open Unity, but the Hub renders an empty window when run as Admin via the compatibility checkbox.
Going back to opening Unity directly circumvents this.
It runs now but it never launched the editor in admin mode
yeah cant install an extension(next gen soft shadows) because of this, instant fix needed, if you launch the exe it just launches the hub exe in admin mode which in turn launches the client in normal mode, never receiving admin rights.
I believe that not being able to run the editor (2019.1.9f1) as administrator is what’s causing a file copy failure for an exe file when I try to import the Firebase.Auth (6.2.0) asset package. If I check “Run this program as administrator” in the compatibility settings for my editor executable, the hub fails to launch the editor.
Also, I’m trying to import a Cinema 4d file into Unity, however, Unity needs to automatically import a Cinema 4D plug-in the first time it’s run. I consistently get ‘Cinema 4D Converter plugin installation failed. Please run Unity as an Administrator to have the plugin installed’. And yet, there is no way for me to run Unity as admin
a lot of things went REALLY WRONG!!!
1st Hub will not open any editor launcher with administrator access;
2cnd All the Unity Editors .exe files immediately hook and Launch Unity HUB;
3rd Even removing completely the HUB from my computer, they BOUND your accesss to asetstore and editor license to UNITYHUB!!!
4th most of the assets that try to replace many of the files on the editor intall folder fail due to the lack of administrator power like NGSS and Stylized soft shadows and many other i purchased on the Assetstore!
Yeah !
I have a pro version and I’m not able anymore to launch my project because of this stupid Hub.
The hub is not able to upgrade my project to the new unity version.
When I run the hub as administrator, I have a blank window.
Chiming in on this thread as a definite problem. There are a lot of situations in which Visual Studio needs to always be run as administrator which means the Unity Editor needs to be able to run as admin to launch it. This in turn means Unity Hub needs to be able to also run as admin AND launch programs with admin privilege. Without this functionality it’s completely useless to a good number of developers.
Yes, this is a real problem. I was forced into a situation which meant I had to upgrade Unity which forced me into using Hub and now I cannot run as Administrator. Now just waiting for everything to fall apart.
I found a workaround for the problem: Go to the folder of the unity.exe (i.e. C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2019.1.12f1\Editor) right click-> properties of the exe → compatibility → run as administrator. Now the exe will always be run as administrator. You need to close all unity hub instances, and now run unity hub as administrator / or just run unity.exe. Unity Hub will then run as administrator + start unity in administrator mode
This was what I tried first a few days ago and it didn’t work, have they just recently updated the Unity Hub? For me even launching the Hub as an admin didn’t let me launch the editor also with admin rights.
