Windows 7: Stop UAC Prompts For Auto Start App

Oubadah · 17 Jun 2011

I use D3DOverrider, and I have it set to start with Windows. The problem is that UAC prompts me to allow it on every startup. How do I give it the privileges it needs for UAC to leave it alone?

Brink · 17 Jun 2011

Hello Oubadah, and welcome to Seven Forums.

You could use the tutorial below to create a elevated shortcut of this program to use to run at startup as a task instead without getting a UAC prompt for administrator accounts only. A standard user account will still get a UAC prompt.

Elevated Program Shortcut without UAC Prompt - Create

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Oubadah · 17 Jun 2011

I did up to step 12 of this:

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Elevated Program Shortcut without UAC Prompt - Create

And then steps 13 and 14 of this:

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run at startup as a task

Seems to be working well. Thanks!

Brink · 17 Jun 2011

You're most welcome.

Oubadah · 17 Jun 2011

I spoke too soon - after a few boots it stopped working. So I did it the long way with the shortcut, but that didn't work at all. That way doesn't make sense to me either... looks like you're making a task, then making a shortcut to that task, then making another task to launch the shortcut on startup? Maybe I misunderstand...

Brink · 18 Jun 2011

Yeah, that's correct. It's a bit of a workaround to get it to work, but it usually works. You might start over to see if it may work this time in case some mistake may have been made.

Brink · 18 Nov 2011

Oubadah,

The tutorial has since been updated. Please try again.

Elevated Program Shortcut without UAC Prompt - Create

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