Minecraft, Microsoft Family, and Badlion

LlamaDancer · Nov 22, 2021

Hello. I am the parent of a 14-yr-old boy who spends far too much time using Minecraft on a desktop computer running Windows 10. My wife and I have tried nagging him to spend less time on the computer, but that predictably doesn't work. The only thing I've seen work very well with him over the years is when the operating system says he's used up his allotted time (with time limits set up by me), which I've tried to do with Microsoft Family. The problem is that he uses the Badlion client to run Minecraft (and as you might guess, I know next to nothing about Minecraft, Badlion and other related technologies). Badlion apparently will not run unless the account using it has privileged/administrator rights on the computer. And no, Badlion is not one bit interested in changing that, thank you very much. Badlion's tech support people seem to think of this admin requirement as somehow a *strength* of their product, which makes me wonder if any of them have teenaged kids using their app. (Let's just say that I'm not much of a Badlion fan.)

So, in order to let him run Badlion with the required account, I'd either have to give my son's Windows account administrator rights, which even he doesn't think is a good idea (and I agree with him), OR continue to do what we've been doing, which is to run everything from my (admin) account, and with very little to limit his screen time. Not running from my son's account apparently takes Microsoft Family out of the picture (at least I think it does). I really don't want to set time limits on my own account's screen time. Hopefully you can see the catch-22 aspect of this situation.

So ... would it make sense to have 2 administrator-level accounts on a Windows system? Is this even technically possible? Is there any way to configure the system so his account has enough admin-like privs to satisfy Badlion but prevent him from doing anything dangerous to the computer? Failing that, I'm left wondering whether I can interest my son in using a client that doesn't need admin privs. Can anyone suggest a client that's similar to Badlion from a gamer's point of view (i.e., one that he might like) that doesn't have the admin requirement?

Has anybody else found a solution to this problem? Is there a way to let him run Badlion without an admin account? Is there something else I should try? Is there a good alternative to Microsoft Family for setting and enforcing screen time for an account? Help! Thanks for any assistance.

Bruce Watson

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XBF John

Hello,

If I am understanding correctly, you only want to change the permissions of one app, which you should be able to do so for the folder that the app is in. I will use Minecraft Dungeons as an example here. When you select the app on your profile, right click, and choose properties, the secirty section can be altered by an admin.

You can choose edit and then try altering the permissions for badlion there, so it is something that system or other users can run as admin.

Let me know if this helps in some way? If not I can do a little more research to see if we can solve this issue for you.

Best Regards,

Sandil Dahampriya

did not help at all. and no its not a problem with the browser cause i cant log in to xbox too. and i had minecraft in this account but now it says i dont have minecraft account in this account. like what is actually going on with microsoft ? I can even proove that i had minecraft because at the time i had minecraft i played using lunar client and badlion client and i had minecraft purchased using the email address that I am having trouble logging into. I can proove I had minecraft because when i log into lunar or badlion client using this email address they log me into my account with exact same username and the skin. please give me some solutions i asked miencraft about this and they said they cannot help and i have to ask from microsoft.

AntiFalx

Okay so i fixed the problem...still, the vanilla minecraft wont run from "true minecraft launcher", but it will thru 3rd party launcher (such as badlion). So yea...that was my fix...

klein halten

Yes! i set it to "All available"

and no i use the Badlion Client to play Minecraft but i just used the Minecraft Launcher and it said i only have bedrock, is that even possible?

SmartLace1968

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Minecraft, Microsoft Family, and Badlion