Sunday, October 4, 2020

Windows 10: This App Has been blocked for your protection : User Account Control


Problem:


Unable to install an App in Windows 10. It gives error "User Account Control: This App Has been blocked for your protection"




Reason:


This error is displaying by Windows 10 because this application is from unknown publisher.


Solution:


Before applying this solution, make sure the application is from trusted publisher. Installing Apps from untrusted publisher may harm your system.

1. Open "Registry Editor" by executing "Start > Run > Regedit".

2. Go to Registry Path "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System"

3. Open "EnableLUA" DWORD and change the value to "0"


4. Reboot the system.

5. Now you will be able to install this App, But make sure you revert the registry change once you finished the installation.




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