Disabling UAC (Windows only)

User Account Control (UAC) is a security feature in Windows. 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

  1. Open the User Account Control Settings panel. If you don't know where to find it, open the Windows start screen and search for 'User Account Control'.
  2. Drag the slider to the bottom, to the option Never notify.
  3. Click OK.
  4. Restart the computer.