You will need admin rights to make these changes.īy default, it is set to asking for administrator approval when running unrecognized apps. Scroll down until you see the Windows SmartScreen section. Go to the System and Security group of settings, click Security & Maintenance and expand the options under Security. The quickest way to do it if you haven’t customized Windows 10 much after upgrading is to simply type Control Panel in the new search bar and launch the desktop app. If the option is bothering you and you feel you don’t need it, there’s a simple way to turn it off from the Control Panel desktop app. That feature has duly carried through to Windows 10 where by default, you need admin rights to run an unrecognized app from the internet.
Windows has always featured a filter for apps that you install duly warning you whenever you were about to install an app from an unknown developer.
