UAC confussion...
I am running Windows 7 Ultimate as a standard user on a 2003 domain. I have an application that displays A UAC warning when I open it. "Do you want to Allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this computer?" It states "To continue, type an administrator password, and then click Yes." I can enter my domain user name and password (that should not have administrative rights) and it lets me open the application. How do I put this application on the allowed list. I haven't been able to figure out how to add to the allowed application list. If this is just a "feature" I'd like to disable the whole "unknown application notification" thing.
September 11th, 2009 5:57pm

I havent triedit but this page demonstrates how to elevate the administrators UAC privilege in Vista http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/80938-user-account-control-uac-elevate-privilege-level.htmlIt's worth trying in Windows 7.
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September 11th, 2009 8:46pm

That is not my issues. the UAC pops up and asks for admin credentials. I enter my user credentials (That DO NOT have admin rights) and the application opens. this is only for the Unknown application warning. I want the UAC to prompt for credentials, but why would it prompt for admin credentials when it will accept that of a standard user.?
September 11th, 2009 10:59pm

This sounds like something is wrong with the application you are trying to start. There is no such thing as an allow list for Windows 7 to stop UAC messages for selected applications. You can however check two things for this application:1. The name of the executable. If it contains 'instal' or 'setup' Windows will automatically trigger UAC. You can change the name to stop this or disablethe security policy "User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation".2. If it's not in the name, it is in the manifest that is probably embeded in the exe. There are tools available to change the manifest so that the exe no longer requests elevation.Ray
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September 14th, 2009 9:02pm

This post has never been addressed properly. does anyone have any ideas?
December 9th, 2009 12:12am

Did you check the name of the exe and the manifest? What were your findings?Ray
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December 9th, 2009 12:40am

yes. I have expanded my exe usage to include another program with the same issue. The names of both files are not install or setup. file 1 has a manifest, file 2 does not. file 1 has the code to invoke the UAC. both applications behave the exact same way when launched. See first post.
December 9th, 2009 2:02am

Hi Jason,If file 1 has a manifest that defines that the program needs elevated privileges, you or the software vendor has to change that to prevent Windows 7 from showing the consent UI. There is no such thing as a white list for UAC.Windows 7 checks if the file name contains 'instal' or 'setup' as part of the name. Simply taking that part of the name can change UAC behavior. If this is not the case, I have no idea what triggers UAC for file 2. Ray
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December 9th, 2009 10:35am

"Do you want to Allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this computer?" That is the message I get with the UAC prompt. Not the normal UAC prompt so I'm pretty sure it's not trying to elevate, but windows is warning me. If this is just a warning, then how do I turn it off? Once again it does not require admin right to run the app.
December 11th, 2009 2:04am

"Do you want to Allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this computer?"That is the message I get with the UAC prompt. This is the same message I see when I rename an exe, that does not require elavation, to contain 'instal' or 'setup' in the file name. Have you tried to rename the file?Ray - Author of Windows 7 for XP Professionals
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December 11th, 2009 2:54am

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