Yep that helped. Finally! Thanks a lot! though it was tough to go through the google-translated instructions. still had to potter around until i got it right.
basically as described:
- go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Msi.Package\shell
- right click on shell, create a new section called “RunAs”
- in the default key of “RunAs” enter “Run as administrator” - without the quotes - as value
- now in the newly created “RunAs” section you have to create a new subsection (right click - new section) and call that one “command”
- the following is to be typed in as value in the default key of “command”:
msiexec /i “%1”
watch the spaces between, it cost me some time to figuere out that there has to be no space between % and 1 and before i… but just copy it from here, and you should be fine.
now rightclicking on the epic games installer will show a new section in the menue called “Run as administrator” which now should do exactly this.