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Since VLC is cross platform, should you also restrict accounts with administrative access on Windows platform as well? Or is that not a security issue on other platforms? Should I submit a patch to prevent that?

I logged a bug with Ubuntu at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/293154 to see if they will compile with --enable-run-as-root by default. Their should be a run-time option to allow as run as root. That would protect noobies from the disastrous universal wide calamities that would sur...