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The Media Creation Tool for Windows 10 (don't know about 11 at this point) is so annoying. Not only does it need admin rights, but the whole desktop session nee
by noAnswer 4y ago
The Media Creation Tool for Windows 10 (don't know about 11 at this point) is so annoying. Not only does it need admin rights, but the whole desktop session needs to be from a user in the Administrator group. So you can't just right click "Run as Administrator". Downloading and potentially burning a ISO shouldn't require admin rights at all.
It got actively programmed to be shitty. This is not an accident.
- giancarlostoro 4y agoEspecially if your OS is compromised or in a FUBAR state and you really need a simple ISO.
- cowtools 4y agoI'm pretty sure interacting with storage directly (not through the filesystem) should require admin rights.
- Dylan16807 4y agoWhich it doesn't need to do when you tell it to make an iso.
- mmis1000 4y agoI guess it just shared some code path with Windows update (as it is exactly the same server) and thus ended require permission it didn't need to use.
- noAnswer 4y agoI wouldn't have a problem if the tool needed admin rights. But that the whole session needs to be from an admin grinds my gears.
- noAnswer 4y agoYou can burn ISOs with Windows (no Third-party tools required (since Win7 or 10)) without admin rights. Just right click and select burn.
- londons_explore 4y agoI suspect the admin rights are to loopmount wim files... I don't think a non-admin can loopmount anything in Windows.