UAC - one question

[Rafal Kubiak]

Is there any possibility to switch off confirmation of running one special
program with Administrator privileges? This program is Total Commander - I
always know what I'm doing with this program and I want always have got
Admin privileges for this program. And important - I do not want to switch
off UAC.
Thanks

 

[MICHAEL]

Is there any possibility to switch off confirmation of running one special program with
Administrator privileges? This program is Total Commander - I always know what I'm doing with
this program and I want always have got Admin privileges for this program. And important - I
do not want to switch off UAC.
Thanks

Right click the program and under the "Compatibility" tab, look at the
bottom, you'll see "Run this program as Administrator", check it.


-Michael

 

[Chad Harris]

Hey Michael--

I searched and found a lot on using gpedit.msc and secpol.msc>local
policies>security optinos>UAC setting (right pane) but none of them would be
program specific.

I tried the UAC Step By Step Guide here:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Windo...8514-4c9e-ac08-4c21f5c6c2d91033.mspx?mfr=true

Still not program specific.

I studied this reg hack and thought it could be possible there, but it would
take some modification I didn't have at my fingertips if it would:
http://computerperformance.co.uk/vista/ConsentPromptBehavior.htm


I hadn't noticed that checkbox before because I hadn't needed the
compatibility tab. Thanks for pointing it out.

CH

 

[Richard Urban]

I use Total Commander. I have done that. Doing so does NOT get rid of the
UAC prompt!!!!!

--


Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User

 

[Richard Urban]

Oh! And I could have called you an idiot!

--


Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User

 

[MICHAEL]

Oh my goodness, you are actually correct for once. ;-)

I concentrated on this part of the OP's post:

"I want always have got Admin privileges for this program."


-Michael

 

[MICHAEL]

I reckon, you could have said about anything...
well, unless it's something critical about Microsoft,
doing so seems to send you into some type of
convulsions that cause you to spew nescient drivel.

I'll let my posts in this group since June, speak
for themselves.


-Michael

 

[Richard Urban]

I am just more forgiving and accepting than you are. I have quality,
although older, hardware that works with Vista.

I am not bothered with WGA or UAC. They are both here to stay, in one form
or another.

What is bad is One Care Live - a total bomb! I beta tested it for about 6
months. I was offered a lifetime subscription for doing so. I turned it
down.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User

 

[MICHAEL]

I am just more forgiving and accepting than you are.

Doesn't seem to be that way when you are answering the
posts of ordinary users. That and the fact that you seem
to think Microsoft is always right, are the reasons I give you
a hard time.

I have quality, although older, hardware that works with Vista.

That's great... I do, too. I have Vista working wonderfully
on a 5 year old Dell desktop. Vista also works well on this
Gateway laptop. I am just a bit underwhelmed by an OS that
has been in development for so long... I expected more.
Perhaps, I was not being realistic. But, the move from Win98
to WinXP was startling and amazing. I get no such impression
using Vista. I have made Vista my main OS, I'm just not overly
impressed, and I still have serious issues with the way things have
progressed with DRM and WGA.

I am not bothered with WGA or UAC.

Many are, and they are not theives nor pirates.

They are both here to stay, in one form or another.

They may be here to stay, so long as Windows is here.
Nothing is forever, not even Microsoft's monoply.

What is bad is One Care Live - a total bomb! I beta tested it for about 6 months. I was
offered a lifetime subscription for doing so. I turned it down.

We do find some common ground. ;-)

Take care,

Michael

 

[Kerry Brown]

Is there any possibility to switch off confirmation of running one special
program with Administrator privileges? This program is Total Commander - I
always know what I'm doing with this program and I want always have got
Admin privileges for this program. And important - I do not want to switch
off UAC.
Thanks

My understanding is that Microsoft could not come up with a way that could
guarantee that a program hasn't been hijacked so this feature is not
available. UAC is all or nothing at present. Possibly a future enhancement
that uses a TPM chip might be one way of doing it. It's a very interesting
problem. Try some searches with the terms uac, program profiling,
application profiling, program hash, etc. to see why this is so hard to do
with guaranteed results.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

That option is for older programs (and even some newer programs) that are
not compliant with Vista or UAC.

These programs assume that an administrator account, with system wide
privileges is being used. Vista compliant programs will ask for admin
privileges and get the UAC prompt to warn the user that the program is
requesting that it be granted these full privileges.

If an older program does not ask for these privileges, you may get 2 UAC
prompts, one for "unknown program" and, if you approve that prompt, then the
standard UAC prompt. Or the older program may simply refuse to run. In this
case, your first action should be to right click the programs .exe file or
link and select the "Run As Administrator" option. If this works, then you
should use the Compatibility option.