Not a great blog post, but I decided to tell people about what happened as I’m sure at the time of writing this, people are probably experiencing the same problem daily and might be searching about the issue. Note: Some files were left behind in the Hauppauge directory! On one of the computers, I ran another ‘unwise’ application and opened a different log file to uninstall a second Hauppauge application.
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This is preventing me using the services control panel and the device manager. I opened that file and then I was able to run the Hauppauge Device Central uninstall program. my hyper V and MMC have been blocked with a massage 'this app has been blocked for your protection' help. When I try to run anything that uses mmc.exe, I get the message 'This app has been blocked for your protection' and 'An administrator has blocked you from running this app.' This happens even if I try to run whatever it is as administrator.
I removed the word INSTALL in the file name box and typed u and then the rest of the log name appeared.I now needed to open a log file, so browsed back to the hauppauge directory.I knew the application name in the directory, so then typed unwise_devicecentral.I went to the ‘Hauppauge’ directory ‘ProgramData’ by typing cd programdata\hauppauge and again pressed the enter key.It will block you from opening some apps if they come from an unknown place or are created by an unknown publisher. SmartScreen acts as a sort of guard dog while you use Windows 10. I right-clicked on ‘Command Prompt’ and selected ‘More’, then ‘Run as administrator’. Fix This app has been blocked for your protection.From the ‘Start’ menu, I went to ‘Windows Systems’. Here are a few simple steps to bypass or circumvent the 'protection error' in Windows 10, after enabling the hidden Administrator account: Launch Start Menu, search for and select Command Prompt.Perhaps others are interested in what I did, even though the circumstances will likely be different for them, such as the application, locations etc.
Both computers are running Windows 10 64-bit. On two computers I wanted to uninstall Hauppauge software and saw the UAC message about the ‘Unwise’ software. The app is blocked for a reason! You’re to blame for anything you do! Warning: Now I’m writing ‘how I managed’, because I’m not sure you should perform the same actions and some files were not removed when I did the steps mentioned below! I’m unsure if I should’ve performed the steps I did. This blog post tells you how I managed to uninstall most of an application when I saw the User Account Control message, ‘This app has been blocked for your protection’.