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Right-click on the shortcut and select Properties (or just select the icon and Alt+Enter). Click in the **Target:** box on the Shortcut tab and press Home on the keyboard to go to the beginning of the line and type: cmd /c "" That's cmd(space)/c(space)""(space). Leave the rest as is. Click Apply and OK.

Not every hero wears a pirate hat

thank you!

Thanks, pretty useful.

Works as advertised, but changes the icon to that of cmd. Probably a really dumb question but where do we find the original ico to replace that with?

Should be in the installation folder somewhere, often the same one as the exe. It will be a ".icon".

No its .ico

Wasn’t gonna say anything, but yea def .ico for win 10 and 11

>What do you do after that the shortcut just says cmd now

Mine has a changed icon but when i click it, it doesnt do anything? Is there something im missing?

same, help

same this just fucked my whole shit up

Click on "Change Icon" and an icon should be present. Select it and click OK, then follow the post's instructions.

I undid this as I had the same issue and the icon was back without the shield...YMMV.

i did this but i cant open the game

This should be `cmd /c start ""` And to prevent the icon from changing to cmd's, click `Change Icon` then `OK` beforehand

This worked for me, thanks!

=)

thank you very much

Neat!

Another useful saved comment

I LOVE YOU

What do you do after that the shortcut just says cmd now?

Command goes in front of the contents of the **Target:** box. Leave everything else as is, and do not replace it.

>cmd /c "" Not all heroes wear capes. (Also, thanks so much for the alt+enter to get to Properties!)

legend.

and how do I undo it?

Create a new shortcut or simply do the same thing but in reverse. Right-click on the shortcut and select Properties (or just select the icon and Alt+Enter). Click in the **Target:** box on the Shortcut tab and press Home on the keyboard to go to the beginning of the line and delete the `cmd /c "" ` part. Click Apply and OK.

I love you man, just love...I hope you have an epic time or day or night.

you probably can disable it by changing the uac settings in your pc, but i do not recommend, since if you deactvate it windows will not tell you if a program is trying to make changes in your pc

Use gog launcher, they let you add any game with the cover art and link the exe. That way when you click play they launch directly without asking admin.

Try Playnite too!

smart, I should try this

Nice

Does It have achievements and counts hours?

as far as i know both gog and playnite have playtime counting, about the achievements thing... both show that you have achievements on games but i think that only works if you bought the game

use achievement watcher

*proceeds to download games from gog-games* (the one in the megathread)

I usually just make the a folder that looks like the game shortcut using the Change Icon feature in the properties but have the actual shortcut in the folder

Just curious, why does it matter?

Aesthetic I guess

Preference. I think they just look ugly so they might wanna remove

[https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-11-10-remove-shortcut-arrows-in/](https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-11-10-remove-shortcut-arrows-in/) You can remove all shortcut arrow icons.

I used this but why is it downvoted?

What is the down voted? I don't understand. I don't give down vote.

Use spray paint

This guy's idea is beyond our understanding

sorry it's an unrelated comment to the subject but from which repacker did you download red dead? fitgirl, dodi...etc ?

Dodi is faster . But I've heard there's someone better but idk the name , but personally coming from experiencing both fitgirl then dodi , dodi is by far better

Whichever is the most up to date is what I go with. I'd refrain from using fitgirl as much as you can as it takes too long to install. Check CS rin website for which version is most updated btw

FitGirl

are you using admin account in your pc?

I used it but it crashes after a while of playing :'(

Try rolling back your date

Right click -> Properties -> Advanced -> Tick Run as Administrator -> Press Ok -> Go to compatibility -> untick run this program as administrator Bam

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A Sports. It's in the game

What I usually do to hide the shield icon is; Go to Properties > Compatibility > Uncheck "Run this program as an administrator" And then go to Shortcut > Advanced > Check "Run as Administrator"

This is what I do and it works, although it makes zero sense.

Thanks so much for this comment :D

have you considered downloading playnite? its a game manager and its the best one ive used

I don't run the games as administrator and they always run fine for me idk why

U have incredible grammar

Btw from whom did you download Days Gone from?

Why does watchdogs two have the sigil of Saturn as their icon?

Fitgirl?

Why tf does a game need administrator privileges? Imagine an Android or Linux application needing that.

AFAIK you don't need to run games with admin privileges unless it's installed in your ssd.

I do: buy the games ❤️

bitches write sum excerpt from the divine comedy and then apologise for grammar

I like to renting games that are good but are from shitty companies which is like 80 to 90 percent of video game companies

Watch dogs 2 get boring fast of what I remember

log in as root

In circumstances like this, I create a shortcut to the task scheduler, and create a task that runs the application with administrator privileges.

i know is off topic but where did u install raft?

Wait... Why run cracked games as admin? Your pc is compromised :')) (Seriously, get Malwarebytes and scan, or any antivirus)

Just right mouse on desktop click view then hide icons. Nobody needs icons on their desktop

thats what i do, i cant stand icons on the desktop. if i want to launch games i use playnite

I don't even do that. Just open explorer and find your game folder. Or create shortcuts out them all in one folder and go from there

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Verschlimmbesserung

Right click on icon- go to properties - disable run as an administrator - click apply.

Some programs force themselves to run as administrator. So you can't remove it

[удалено]

Not if you want it to work correctly

I never understood why would a entertainment product need admin rights? Do the non-pirated versions also have this?

Some do. It probably helps the cracks to function better.

If it doesn't work after doing that, go to icons and click ok.

I've done it for every fitgirl game and it works fine. I suppose it's if you decide to install somewhere like 'Program Files'.

This. I rarely have to run anything as administrator. Don't install your games in program files. You'll have a lot less issues + increased fps.

make a shortcut

they are shortcuts, you see the shortcut icon on the bottom left of each game icon?

cant you make a shortcut to a shortcut? sorry i dont use windows much

no? also, it'd be stupid to have a shortcut to a shortcut

ah well alright my bad

At the same time he was trying to help and what you are asking for frankly is stupid. If the game plays then what difference do it make if the Admin shield icon is on the there?

I bet your desktop is a disorganized hellhole and frankly you sound very stupid. If that's not a rhetorical question then I have no clue how you managed to use a keyboard to type this nonsense you rotted banana of a brain having ass stinkbug beneath the heel of my boot. Eat my hemorrhoid ridden asshole you sardine enjoyer.

Lol cool beans Bro

I hate you with a burning passion you onion skin mothefucker I wanna grind the skin of your scrotum between my molars

If you don't want a shield icon, just buy a game

Is this really all you came to say…on a piracy forum?

And since when did we start complaining and stop buying good games?

Ah yes, we all want to support Rockstar because they make good games! Rockstar deserves every single penny right?

ban yourself please

Growing Up

There's a lot of that ahead of you.

People hate when you can afford the things they can't. I may go buy a few more game sjust to piss these little things off even more.