Solved Can't Install 3rd-Party App

Processor: Intel Pentium G2020T @2.5 gHz
Main RAM: 8 GB
Windows 8.1 64-bit "Activated"
Harddrive: 1 TB

Trying to install Google "Sketchup" by executing google-sketchup_setup.exe

Following sequence occurs with no error report:

1. Double-click file in Windows Explorer

2. Dialog box: "Do you want to run this file?" Click Run

3. Screen blanks and dims. Dialog box: "Do you want to allow [Windows Command
Processor] to make changes to this computer?" Sigh and click Yes

4. Command (DOS-like) window: "SUCCESS: The file (or folder): "C:\AWork\net
\google-sketchup_setup.exe" now owned by user "BIGWRT\DenTV".
processed file: C:\AWork\net\google-sketchup_setup.exe
Successfully processed 1 files; Failed processing 0 files
Press any key to continue . . ." Press a key

5. All install boxes close. But the desired program is not installed.

I've used Windows-8 only a few months after years with -XP, don't understand key
concepts and can't find comprehensible explanations. "Go to Admin Mode" has been
suggested; how do I do that? "Make changes in 'Local Control;' how do I invoke
that? Changing the "UAC" has no effect. I understand that Microsoft is trying to
prevent malicious software installation, but this is ridiculous!

Thanks for your attention.

--rlsj

Another Uninstallable App

The exact same result as above has just been obtained for
"C:\AWork\net\install_flashplayer14x32au_mssa_aaa_aih.exe"

Does no one have a suggestion?

--rlsj

Does no one have a suggestion?

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A suggestion---

Maybe open Task Manager & click File tab & create a new task with administrator capabilities ?

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Thank you, Mr. Bailey, for the suggestion. Applying it solved the problem.

A couple of quibbles: Fortunately Windows-XP taught me to invoke "Task Manager" via Ctrl-Alt-Del (bowing low to capricious Microsoft programmers who haven't quite changed everything!), and "Run New Task," not "create a new task" is found under the File _menu_, not the File _tab_, of which none exists. Is there a deliberate intent to raise the level of associative intelligence among users of Windows-8?

How can I inform Microsoft that requiring Admin Mode to bypass restrictions is the most dangerous way to install new apps?

Thank you again

--rlsj

How can I inform Microsoft that requiring Admin Mode to bypass restrictions is the most dangerous way to install new apps?

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https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=contact+microsoft&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Glad I could help.