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The Extended Attributes Are Inconsistent in Windows 8

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I have upgraded my laptop to Windows 8 and all was fine for about three hours and then I started to get an error when trying to run any application that required Administrator privileges.

Half an hour of Googling led me to this blog post   Case of the broken uac prompt

This problem was caused by downloading themes. The final theme I had decided on included a new sound theme. Clearly at least one of the sounds did not play (the one for the UAC prompt!). Changing the sound theme (right click on desktop, choose "personalisation") to Windows Default sorted out the problem.

Doing a clean install would also have fixed it but that would have been a drastic solution and as soon as I installed a new theme it may have happened again.

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Anonymous said…
Best answer ever. I had trouble accessing regedit, changed my theme and it worked.
30 October 2012 at 4:09 pm
Anonymous said…
Thanks, that really helped!
30 October 2012 at 4:09 pm
Anonymous said…
Oh my gawd !! THANK YOU THANK YOU !!! It really helped me !!! For 1 whole week, i have been searching for answers and i came across this blog post and it seriously helped me. thank you very much !!!
4 November 2012 at 11:38 pm
Anonymous said…
Thank you; it worked!
11 November 2012 at 4:49 am
A Conservative said…
I appreciate the information. fixed my installs.
12 November 2012 at 12:57 pm
A Conservative said…
fixed mine also, thanks
12 November 2012 at 12:58 pm
Unknown said…
Thanks! This also stopped explorer.exe from crashing whenever I navigated to a folder!
15 November 2012 at 5:59 pm
Anonymous said…
Yes !! It's Worked, Thanks !!
18 November 2012 at 1:51 pm
Anonymous said…
Thank you very much! This solved my problem
19 November 2012 at 1:49 am
Anonymous said…
Thanks a lot, solved problems with my WIN8! I was about to re install everything.
19 November 2012 at 4:01 pm
Rama Nada said…
Oh my God, I've been searching the solution for weeks then I get it here. Thank you thank you so much...
19 November 2012 at 5:45 pm
Anonymous said…
I was on the phone with a Microsoft worker and not even they could fix this. Thanks so much!
20 November 2012 at 12:10 am
Michael Taylor said…
You need to thank the person who investigated and found the problem. I linked to the article that gave me the answer. Anyway glad I have helped a few people!
20 November 2012 at 12:28 am
Chris said…
thanks for the fix. I changed the theme and everything stopped working. Also I cant preview sounds in the sound picker dialog, it just crashes. Does anyone else have this problem?

this bug just goes to show how badly win8 was rushed out the door. pathetic o_O
24 November 2012 at 9:14 am
Chris said…
thanks for the fix. I changed the theme and everything stopped working. Also I cant preview sounds in the sound picker dialog, it just crashes. Does anyone else have this problem?

this bug just goes to show how badly win8 was rushed out the door. pathetic o_O
24 November 2012 at 9:14 am
Michael Taylor said…
This bug also exists in Windows 7.
24 November 2012 at 9:38 am
Anonymous said…
Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you! x50million
It solved all my problems
1 December 2012 at 5:34 am
Anonymous said…
Thanks a ton man, really helpful and a simple thing did the trick, racked my head over it for hours, again thanks a lot, you the man!!!
3 December 2012 at 5:56 am
Unknown said…
OMG This stopped me from formatting and doing a fresh install. Thank you so much.
19 December 2012 at 5:09 am
Anonymous said…
WOW thank you so much. Who would've thought that this problem had such a simple solution...
21 December 2012 at 11:23 am
AboMayar said…
That fixed it!! Thank you so much!
6 January 2013 at 10:38 pm
Anonymous said…
Great help!
19 January 2013 at 6:59 am
EcareerChoices.com said…
You are a STAR! The wings are on their way ..... :)
14 February 2013 at 12:21 am
Bukan Iseng Semata said…
THANK YOU very much, just a simple fixed
8 April 2013 at 4:47 pm
Jan Kolmas said…
I can't believe changing the theme affects admin access. Thanks!
18 April 2013 at 1:43 am
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19 April 2013 at 5:19 pm
Anonymous said…
THANKS SO MUCH, worked instantly!
28 April 2013 at 11:33 am
Anonymous said…
Thank you so much!!!!!!EVERY TIME THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH MY COMPUTER AND I GO ONLINE NOBODY CAN FIX IT. THIS IS A FIRST FOR ME YOU ARE PERFECT. FEEL SO GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF!!!!!! :D :D :D
I am not kidding!
25 June 2013 at 9:06 am
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