{"id":15032,"date":"2018-07-09T00:48:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T19:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/?p=15032"},"modified":"2023-08-11T18:39:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:09:52","slug":"a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix &#8220;A referral was returned from the server&#8221; Error in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>Are you frequently facing &#8220;A referral was returned from the server&#8221; error? Learn how to fix A referral was returned from the server error in Windows 10 PC.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You might have come across &#8220;<strong>A referral was returned from the server<\/strong>&#8221; error when trying to install or run an application on your Windows 10 laptop or desktop computer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This error usually appears when a user tries to access any application without administrative privileges or in case the User Account Control (UAC) security feature is enabled on the system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are also experiencing such error quite repeatedly then you need to follow the below mentioned <strong>A referral was returned from the Server Windows 10<\/strong> fixes which will help you in getting rid of this strange issue.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15033 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server.png\" alt=\"a referral was returned from the server\" width=\"658\" height=\"416\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server.png 658w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-150x95.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As we all know, <strong>User Account Control (UAC)<\/strong> is a security feature of Windows operating system which is designed to prevent unauthorized changes to your computer. And if UAC is enabled on your computer, there is a high chance that the referral error is appearing due to that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So before you start following the methods explained in this tutorial, you need to make sure that UAC is disabled on your Windows 10 computer. Here\u2019s <strong>how to disable UAC in Windows 10<\/strong> PC:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">At first, type <strong>User Account Control<\/strong> in the <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Start<\/span> search box and then click on the <strong>Change User Account Control Settings<\/strong> option from the search results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the <span style=\"color: #000000;\">User Account Control Settings<\/span> window, drag the <strong>slider<\/strong> to the bottom (<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Never Notify me when<\/span><\/em><\/span>) to completely disable UAC and then click on the <strong>OK<\/strong> button to save the changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15037 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-fix-a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-error-in-windows-10.png\" alt=\"how to fix a referral was returned from the server error in windows 10\" width=\"657\" height=\"485\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-fix-a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-error-in-windows-10.png 657w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-fix-a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-error-in-windows-10-150x111.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-fix-a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-error-in-windows-10-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Note:<\/span> <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>You can follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-disable-user-account-control-uac-windows-10-8-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">User Account Control<\/a> guide if you want to learn in details &#8211; What is User Account Control (UAC)? How to enable or disable UAC in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7 operating system?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once the UAC is disabled, restart your computer and then try accessing the program with the &#8220;A referral was returned from the server&#8221; issue. If the error still persists, it&#8217;s time to follow the below-explained solutions.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eee; padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px; margin: 2px 2px 15px 0px; border-left: 10px solid #39B54A;\" align=\"justify\"><strong>You might also like to know: <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/server-execution-failed-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Fix \u201cServer execution failed\u201d Error in Windows 10<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-windows-10\/#A_referral_was_returned_from_the_server_Windows_10_Fix\" title=\"A referral was returned from the server Windows 10 Fix\">A referral was returned from the server Windows 10 Fix<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-windows-10\/#Method_1_Fix_%E2%80%9CA_referral_was_returned_from_the_server%E2%80%9D_Error_for_a_Particular_Program\" title=\"Method 1: Fix &#8220;A referral was returned from the server&#8221; Error for a Particular Program\">Method 1: Fix &#8220;A referral was returned from the server&#8221; Error for a Particular Program<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-windows-10\/#Method_2_A_referral_was_returned_from_the_server_Windows_10_Fix_for_All_Programs\" title=\"Method 2: A referral was returned from the server Windows 10 Fix for All Programs\">Method 2: A referral was returned from the server Windows 10 Fix for All Programs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-windows-10\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_referral_was_returned_from_the_server_Windows_10_Fix\"><\/span>A referral was returned from the server Windows 10 Fix<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Experiencing the error that says &#8220;A referral was returned from the server&#8221; while attempting to install programs in Microsoft Windows 10 operating system is a quite common problem and it can be easily fixed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It doesn&#8217;t matter whether you are facing this <strong>referral\u00a0error<\/strong> for a specific application only or for all applications on Windows 10 computer, try these solutions to resolve.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here we have listed two most active solutions and you can follow any of these methods and get rid of this annoying referral error.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Method_1_Fix_%E2%80%9CA_referral_was_returned_from_the_server%E2%80%9D_Error_for_a_Particular_Program\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\">Method 1:<\/span> Fix &#8220;A referral was returned from the server&#8221; Error for a Particular Program<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In case, if you are only getting this referral error when trying to run a specific application (while all other application works just fine) then you can follow these steps:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (1):<\/strong> First of all, <strong>right click<\/strong> on the application which is showing you the referral error and then select <strong>Properties<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (2):<\/strong> On that application <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Properties<\/span> dialog box, go to the <strong>Compatibility<\/strong> tab and then click on the &#8220;<strong>Change settings for all users<\/strong>&#8221; button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15034 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-windows-10.png\" alt=\"a referral was returned from the server windows 10\" width=\"363\" height=\"527\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-windows-10.png 363w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-windows-10-103x150.png 103w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-windows-10-207x300.png 207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (3):<\/strong> Now on the <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Compatibility for all users<\/span> tab, select <strong>Run this program as an administrator<\/strong> option and then click on the <strong>OK<\/strong> twice to close program&#8217;s properties.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15035 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-windows-10-fix.png\" alt=\"a referral was returned from the server windows 10 fix\" width=\"358\" height=\"433\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-windows-10-fix.png 358w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-windows-10-fix-124x150.png 124w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-windows-10-fix-248x300.png 248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once you have made all the changes, now try to run that particular application and you shouldn\u2019t get the error anymore which you were getting earlier.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eee; padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px; margin: 2px 2px 15px 0px; border-left: 10px solid #39B54A;\" align=\"justify\"><strong>Do you know? <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/fix-dns-server-not-responding-error\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Fix \u201cThe DNS server isn\u2019t responding\u201d in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Method_2_A_referral_was_returned_from_the_server_Windows_10_Fix_for_All_Programs\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\">Method 2:<\/span> A referral was returned from the server Windows 10 Fix for All Programs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the above solution (Method 1) worked only for a specific program, this solution applies to all programs or services that appear with the referral error. So, if you are coming across this error for multiple programs then you need to follow these steps:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (1):<\/strong> At first, open <strong>Run<\/strong> dialog box by pressing the combinations of <strong>Windows + R<\/strong> keys together and then type <strong>regedit<\/strong> in it and hit <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Enter<\/span> key to bring up the Registry Editor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (2):<\/strong> On the <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Registry Editor<\/span> window, navigate to the following key in the left pane:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System\\<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (3):<\/strong> From the right pane, open &#8220;<strong>ValidateAdminCodeSignatures<\/strong>&#8221; by double-clicking on it and then set <strong>Value data<\/strong> to &#8220;<strong>0<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15036 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-fix-a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server.png\" alt=\"how to fix a referral was returned from the server\" width=\"658\" height=\"401\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-fix-a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server.png 658w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-fix-a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-150x91.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-fix-a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-fix-a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-223x137.png 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (4):<\/strong> Similarly, open &#8220;<strong>EnableUIADesktopToggle<\/strong>&#8221; by double-clicking on it and then set the <strong>Value data<\/strong> to &#8220;<strong>0<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (5):<\/strong> After making these changes, close <strong>Registry Editor<\/strong> and then restart your computer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now try running any program which was earlier giving you the referral was returned from the server error. You should be able to access it without any interruptions.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the help of above described <strong>A referral was returned from the server<\/strong> Windows 10 fixes, you will be able to solve this strange error if it appears for a specific program or even for all programs as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These solutions will also work on other versions of Windows, so if you are getting this referral error on Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 operating systems then you can follow these exact same methods.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We hope this step by step tutorial on <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/a-referral-was-returned-from-the-server-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>how to fix &#8220;A referral was returned from the server&#8221; error in Windows 10<\/strong><\/a> PC helped you in resolving the issue properly. Which solution fixed the referral error on your computer? Do let us know using the comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\"><strong>You may also be interested in checking out:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/your-connection-is-not-private-chrome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to fix error \u201cYour connection is not private\u201d in Chrome<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/create-your-own-proxy-server-google-app-engine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Create Your Own Proxy Server using Google App Engine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/fix-error-unable-to-connect-to-the-proxy-server\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Fix Error \u201cUnable to connect to the proxy server\u201d in Chrome<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/change-dns-server-windows-mac-android\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Change DNS Server on Windows, Mac, and Android<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/best-public-dns-servers-fastest-dns-servers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top 10 Best Public DNS Servers and Fastest DNS Servers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/the-proxy-server-is-refusing-connections-firefox-fix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Fix \u201cThe proxy server is refusing connections\u201d Error in Firefox<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you frequently facing &#8220;A referral was returned from the server&#8221; error? Learn how to fix A referral was returned from the server error in Windows 10 PC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15033,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,47],"tags":[150,156],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15032"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15032"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25064,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15032\/revisions\/25064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}