Program needs Run as Administrator

[Nigel Molesworth]

I've got a program that will only work properly if I use "Run as
Administrator", despite being logged in as an administrator.

Is there a way I can fix this, so it runs normally?

PS, I know I shouldn't be running as administrator, but this is a PC that is
rarely connected to the Internet, and used for two or three specific tasks.

 

[Nigel Molesworth]

You can tell the program to always run as an administrator

Excellent, that's a good start.

Only problem now is that UAC asks if it is OK to run it. I would eventually
like this program to run on start up, and I think this may be a problem.

 

[Nigel Molesworth]

How to disable the User Account Control Prompt for certain application
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-news/117680-disable-uac-prompt-certain-applications.html

Thanks Bob, but the KB link is dead. I'm also not sure I want to install any
more programs on this PC, it is very task specific.

 

[Ray]

You can tell the program to always run as an administrator by
doing this:

1. Right click on the program shortcut
2. Select properties
3. Under the compatibility tab, click run this program as
administrator
4. Click apply & ok

Would it make a difference if you did this to the program executable
rather than the shortcut? That way the program would always run as
admin, whether started from the shortcut or by double-clicking a file.
Or will Vista make both starting methods run it the same way?

 

[Nigel Molesworth]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]

Change the value of ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin from "2" to "0".

Thanks Bob, you are a star!

 

[SG]

You are running with administrator rights, but if you have to right click
and select Run as Administrator then you are not logged on as administrator.
When you first boot do you have two users listed to logon to?

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All the best,
SG

Is your computer system ready for Vista?
https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/

 

[Nigel Molesworth]

You are running with administrator rights, but if you have to right click
and select Run as Administrator then you are not logged on as administrator.

Yes, I am. Run as Administrator gives elevated rights.

When you first boot do you have two users listed to logon to?

No, there is only one user, the administrator.

 

[Nigel Molesworth]

Google "Real Administrator"

Yes, indeed. I don't want full admin all the time, just for this program.

All seems to be as I want it now, thanks to your help.

 

[Jukie]

Bob, I'm having the same problem. When I go to regedit
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
I don't have the option of "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin from "2" to "0"."
Only default shows up and no value is set. Should I just click on that and
make the value 0?
Thanks,
Julie

Your welcome. You might want to do this instead.

To disable UAC prompts NOT UAC:

Run Regedit and navigate to

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]

Change the value of ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin from "2" to "0".

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Thanks Bob, but the KB link is dead. I'm also not sure I want to install
any
more programs on this PC, it is very task specific.

 

[Paul Adare]

Bob, I'm having the same problem. When I go to regedit
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
I don't have the option of "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin from "2" to
"0"."
Only default shows up and no value is set. Should I just click on that
and
make the value 0?
Thanks,
Julie

Hi Julie,

Yes you could do that. For more on that, see:

No Julie, you shouldn't do that. Don't pay any attention to this advice as
the poster either didn't really read your question or doesn't know what
he's talking about.
The registry value you need to change needs to be named
"ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin". If you don't have that value you need to add
it. Changing the data of the value named Default will not work and in fact
could prove to be harmful.

 

[Paul Adare]

Thank you Paul for catching my error. I have edited the posts to
correct them.

Umm, this is USENET, you can't edit posts.

 

[Jukie]

Thanks guys. Actually, I ended up disabling my user account controls and all
is well.