Windows – How to drag from Explorer into Visual Studio without turning off UAC

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Surely there is a setting somewhere that can stop the stupid UAC issues blocking my drag and drop operation. Visual Studio has to run in admin mode for half the things I do and Explorer shouldn't have to run in some fancy admin mode just to get around this issue.

I just want to tell UAC to do its thing normally but bugger off when interfering with my drag and drop operations. How do I do this?

Best Answer

Disable the option:

Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy > Local Policies > Security Options > User Account Control: Only elevate UIaccess applications that are installed in secure locations