Help to get service working in Windows 8.1

[jcarerra]

I have used and LOVE Everything Search, but trying to get it going in a new Windows 8.1 laptop without the UAC interruption has defeated me.

I downloaded the latest version from the Announcements section and installed it (had uninstalled the previous one). I selected to install the service during the install dialogs. Sure enough, I confirmed that the service =is= there and running after the install.

HOWEVER, when I click the shortcut on the desktop that was placed there by the install, I still get the UAC interruption. Are things wrong, or am I doing something wrong? How do I open Everything without getting the UAC when the service is running?

[void]

Please ensure Run this program as an administrator is disabled:

• Right click the Everything shortcut on the desktop and click Properties.
• Click the Compatibility tab.
• Uncheck Run this program as an administrator.
• Click OK.

Please ensure Run as administrator is disabled:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the General Tab.
• Uncheck Run as administrator.
• Click OK.

[jcarerra]

That is couterintuitive! I had set the shortcut TO run as admin to in my mind make it more likely to run!

OK, I have undone that on the shortcut, but I cannot do the change inside Everything because I cannot get it to run.
Dbl click shortcut does not run it, and dbl click the exe does not open i either.

Wll see answer tomorrow; end of day here.

[void]

Running Everything as administrator will cause the UAC prompts.

You may need to disable Run as administrator manually if you are unable to open Everything.
This could be due to the Never notify UAC setting.

To disable Run as administrator manually:

• Open the Everything.ini file:

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  %APPDATA%\Everything\Everything.ini

• Change the following line:

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  run_as_admin=1

  to:

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  run_as_admin=0

• Save changes and run Everything.

[jcarerra]

Oops. It already reads

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run_as_admin=0 

but does not run.
On dbl click, there is a quick display of the blue round "doing something" indicator, followed by nothing.
I did verify again that the 'Everything' service is running.

LATER:
Nevermind. I just did a reinstall, and it now works fine--based on one time try--it opens now and no UAC was presented.