I'm not sure why it works this way.
If you are accessing the properties of an EXE, then you use the
compatability tab to set the program to always ask for your permission when
it starts.
If you are accessing the properties of a shortcut, then you click the
"advanced..." button on the shortcut tab, and there is a checkbox there "Run
as administrator" that you use to make the shortcut to always ask for your
permission when you double-click on it.
You have to do it differently for shortcuts vs. exe's.
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- JB
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