Could XYplorer interfering in an application process?

[cadu]

Hi,

Often I use two software that exchange data between them: Word + Zotero (Citation Manager).

An error when using Word + Zotero have appeared suddenly and it seems to be related with XYplorer (when run as administrator).

I realized that the error have appeared when I run the document (.doc) from XYplorer. The document opens normally, but this error is related just the use of Zotero inside Word (as a plugin).

When using Windows Explorer, everything works properly.

And by chance, when I unchecked "run as administrator" of the XYplorer windows properties and ran XYplorer, the behavior became normal again. So, could XYplorer be interfering in these application process?

Thanks,
Cadu

[nas8e9]

Probably not XYplorer by itself, but starting Word (through double-clicing a file associated with Word) by an elevated process: that way, Word inherited the elevated status from XYplorer. I'm not sure how Word add-ons work exactly, but apparently Zotero needs Word to be run with non-administrative privileges.

If you want to test this with a different file manager, I don't think you can use Windows Explorer for that because for some reason, you can't run an instance of Windows Explorer elevated. Any third-party file manager should work however.