Non-XAML UAC is back!

Not through regedit, the regedit command only allows DLL redirection via '.local' folders (the folder must be on the same path as the .exe), and yes, you can redirect shell32.dll. I was using this to customize explorer icons when I was on 1809 through explorer.exe.local without breaking certificates.

just run on cmd:

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options" /v DevOverrideEnable /t REG_DWORD /d 1

now if you want to redirect 'example.exe' to use a custom DLL, just go to the place where 'example.exe' is located and create a folder named 'example.exe.local'. Drag the custom DLL inside, and now the program will use the custom DLL without replacing the original. The only drawback is that every program you wish to use a custom DLL with will need its own '.local' folder. However, you can optimize disk space by creating symbolic links to just one folder, but that's another topic.

if you are interested: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/dlls/dynamic-link-library-redirection might be useful.

authui7.dll.mui is included in the zip for a reason. It's because 7 has different strings.

If you want it to be 1:1 with 7 rename authui7.dll.mui to authui.dll.mui and use that.

This is why I want Windows to become Open Source this is a good example of a reason that it should become Open Source it could be like a Linux Distros/Custom Android Roms where each person or group makes their own version of it, you could even be like a doctor and preform surgery on these operating systems and take parts from one and put it in the other.

But just think of the endless possibilities, we could do if everything from Windows 2000-11 became Open Source alot some stuff like Windows Server and some stuff within Windows would be proprietary such as OneDrive, Microsoft Store nobody cares about, Their Bullshit AI Copilot thingy also that nobody cares about, Cortona, and just things here and there that nobody cares about and their special Azure and Enterprise stuff but I think most people would be fine with that as long as they give us full access to the UI, Win32, and the other goodies like MSsytles, etc.

It does. Because it doesn't work like that.

I'm a year late, but if we replaced it with the windows 7 version this could fix it?

i saw that and fixed it, works fine now

I've installed this with Windows 11, and have since been unable to open anything requiring elevation! Any executables in Explorer report a File System Error (65535), and anything that's a shortcut to an executable (like Resource Monitor in Task Manager) simply blanks the screen for a second, and produces a ding occasionally.

Did you replace the consent.exe file?