It started back when i wanted to launch lineage on my brand new install of windows 8 enterprise N edition, tried to launch then got an error of l2.exe stopped working.., first thing i thought was UAC, where i tried to disable it but unfortunately it was unsuccessful.
How am i going to be aware that lineage will not play on Windows 8 ( talking about h5 or earlier ) before searching online.., so i played a bit with UAC in the latest windows version in order to disable it completely.
Let me explain..,
- You start off by typing 'UserAccountControlSettings' in Run in order to go into UAC's menu then set it to 'Never Notify'.
- then, you move into registry editor by typing 'regedit' in Run again and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System. There's a DWORD there named 'EnableLUA' which we must set to 0.
- now we have to restart our computer to reload registry.
- By default, windows 8 is not granting user with administrator rights so we have to take ownership or the files of the entire C:\ drive, to do that you got to have a custom patch installed on your system for easier implementation.
- Download Ownership and run InstallTakeOwnership.reg and head to C:\ drive
- select all folders, right click & hit Take ownership. After that,
- right click on Windows dir and Properties.
- Security tab, advanced and Enable Inheritance.
- Search for Owner name then Change, Advanced, Find Now and select your account that you're currently logged in and press ok. Back on the
- advanced security settings, click Add, Select a Principal, Advanced, Find and select your account again, hit ok, again ok, Full Control, Show Advanced Permission and apply it to: This folder, subfolders and files, hit ok and apply, yes and continue.
- Back into Regedit again at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System and revert 'EnableLUA' back to 1.
- Restart your computer,
- navigate to C:\ and Take Ownership again,
- lastly, run RemoveTakeOwnership.reg file to make system as it was in the beginning.
Cheers. :)