Disabling UAC (Windows 7 and 8/8.1 only)

User Account Control (UAC) is a security feature in Windows 7 and 8/8.1. It allows you to determine whether or not you want to be notified if changes that require administrator permission are made to your system.

During the installation of Switch, you are asked to disable UAC. If you don't, you will not be able to install Switch, nor will you be able to work with it. You must leave UAC disabled, also after you have finished the installation.

Note: This warning may pop up even if you have already disabled UAC. In that case, just ignore the warning and click Next to proceed.

To disable UAC

Open the User Account Control Settings panel:
- Windows 7: Go to Control Panel > Action Center and click Change User Account Control settings (left panel)
- Windows 8: Open the Windows 8 Start screen, search for "UAC" and click User Account Control settings.
Drag the slider to the bottom, to the option Never notify.
Click OK.
Restart the computer.