Find out which action (in detail) triggers UAC prompts?
Hi, I know that some types of actions (e.g changes on system settinges, file write in %SystemRoot% or %ProgramFiles%, and so on ...) requires elevation to administrator status and therefore display a UAC elevation prompt. Normally such programms are marked with the shield icon. But sometimes there are programs that require elevation on one machine and on the others not (on both machines without shield icon). Now I'm looking for a way to discover which action of a program triggers the UAC prompt. The prompt displays "Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer", but does not diaplay what changes. Is there a way to find out? Thanks Manuel
October 12th, 2009 8:40pm

When we perform an action which requires administrator permission, it will cause UAC prompt. If a program attempts to do an action that your current user account has authorization to do, the program will be successful. If the program attempts to do something that current account is not explicitly permitted to do, but "administrators" are, we will get a UAC prompt.
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October 13th, 2009 6:22am

Hi Shaon, Thanks for you answer. I know what causes the prompt, an action which requires administrative permissions, as you said. But I want to know which action in detail (e.g which system setting want the program change) requires the administrative permission. Thanks Manuel
October 14th, 2009 2:59pm

When we start User Account Control Settings, we can find 4 levels. It mentioned the action which will trigger UAC. So UAC will be started when install software, make change to system file or registry key etc. If you would like to find the exact action (such as install which program, start what software) will cause the UAC, you can create a standard user account and do the actions you would like to test to confirm if it will cause UAC or not. If the standard account cannot do an action with permission issue, we can get the result that it needs admin permission.
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October 15th, 2009 9:10am

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