Hi there folks.
I've recently been using Windows 10 a lot more due to the recent release of Halo 5 Forge. Having a lovely G300S, I like to make use of the extra buttons on my mouse by making profiles for games via the Logitech Gaming Software. I've done so on Windows 7 with zero issues, if a game wasn't in the list, then I could easily link the executable to it.
However, with Windows 10 that's all changed. Like many games, Halo 5 Forge isn't on the existing list of profiles, no problem, Logitech lets us select the executable for that. The Halo 5 executable is stored within a locked/hidden folder in Program Files called Windows Apps. By default, as the administrator I didn't even have access to this folder, I had to go into security settings and fiddle about a bit, just to go inside the folder. The security pop-up doesn't allow access and neither does running the program as administrator.
Getting past the first, hurdle I then couldn't select the Halo 5 Forge executable from within the Logitech Gaming Software. It doesn't allow this, instead coming up with the message: "Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file, you may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item." and this is despite running LGS as an admin and overriding the ownership of the Windows Apps folder.
Going forward, this will be an issue with any UWP App and Logitech Gaming software, since we can't use it with these UWP apps due to the ridiculous security protocols. Unfortunatlye the game itself won't detect the additional mouse buttons either, so I can't direct rebind things in the game to the extra buttons.
I keep on finding things that put me off Windows 10, this incompatibility with LGS is just another one of them.
I'd appreciate any possible solutions, but having scoured the internet before posting this, there doesn't yet seem to be one.
