Windows 11 UAC

[Michael]

Morning all,

 

Just been asked to install some fonts on a home Windows 11 device - no problem you think, I select all the fonts (roughly 30), select Install for all users, but the UAC prompt appears for every single font.

 

Is this a new feature of Windows 11? Frustrate the user and the admin

[Oaktech]

Morning all,

 

Just been asked to install some fonts on a home Windows 11 device - no problem you think, I select all the fonts (roughly 30), select Install for all users, but the UAC prompt appears for every single font.

 

Is this a new feature of Windows 11? Frustrate the user and the admin

 

Just tried it on 4 different machines round the office - I'm not seeing that behaviour, one UAC prompt then a progress bar?

[Michael]

They're using iris authentication, not that should make any difference.

 

I'd expect it to authenticate once, then install all selected fonts, but it's requesting it per font.

[Michael]

Morning all,

 

I found an easy workaround to this issue - if you navigate to C:\Windows\Fonts and copy/paste your font files, no UAC prompt appears... it just works and installs them all one by one.