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Windows 11 Now Requires Admin Rights To Open Storage Settings
Windows 11 now requires administrator approval via a User Account Control prompt to access Storage settings, a change introduced in preview update KB5074105 and rolling out broadly with the February 2026 Patch Tuesday update. Standard account users can no longer view storage breakdowns, access cleanup tools, or manage storage features without admin approval.
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Summary
Windows 11 now requires administrator approval via a User Account Control prompt to access Storage settings, a change introduced in preview update KB5074105 and rolling out broadly with the February 2026 Patch Tuesday update. Standard account users can no longer view storage breakdowns, access cleanup tools, or manage storage features without admin approval.
Tags
windows-11 · uac · admin-rights · storage-settings · security-update · user-account-control · patch-tuesday
Key entities
Microsoft (organization, 1) · Windows 11 (technology, 1) · User Account Control (technology, 0.98) · KB5074105 (technology, 0.97) · Smart App Control (concept, 0.85) · February 2026 Patch Tuesday (event, 0.95) · Storage Settings (concept, 0.9)
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analysis · language en · status final
Provenance
claude-sonnet-4-6 via @stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0, confidence 0.85, 4 Aug 2026