Windows 7: Customizing UAC for some programs

meebers · 24 Oct 2010

Can you put some programs on the "safe list" to keep the nag screen from running. I run these 2,3 times a day. Tx

richc46 · 24 Oct 2010

To the best of my knowledge, there is only one setting. If others know of a way of setting one program differently from the others, I would be interested, too.

LiquidSnak · 24 Oct 2010

I don't think so, without modifying files within windows itself.

What is your UAC level at right now?

Brink · 25 Oct 2010

Hello Meebers,

Sorry, but there is not a safe list with UAC. However, you could use the tutorial below to create elevated shortcuts with Task Scheduler to run the programs elevated without a UAC prompt and still have UAC turned on.

Elevated Program Shortcut without UAC Prompt - Create

Hope this helps,
Shawn

richc46 · 25 Oct 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

Hello Meebers,

Sorry, but there is not a safe list with UAC. However, you could use the tutorial below to create elevated shortcuts with Task Scheduler to run the programs elevated without a UAC prompt and still have UAC turned on.

Elevated Program Shortcut without UAC Prompt - Create

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Shawn,
Your tuts are truly amazing; almost one for every situation.

mborner · 25 Oct 2010

After I installed my special Garmin software on my PC, I was bugged by UAC every time I started the app. I simply right clicked on the program icon, selected properties, then on the securities tab. At the bottom of the securities tab I un-checked "Run this Program as an Administrator"
Problem solved. I'm not sure, but I think if the program is installed from the administrator account, it will default to run as administrator with UAC.

meebers · 25 Oct 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

Hello Meebers,

Sorry, but there is not a safe list with UAC. However, you could use the tutorial below to create elevated shortcuts with Task Scheduler to run the programs elevated without a UAC prompt and still have UAC turned on.

Elevated Program Shortcut without UAC Prompt - Create

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Brink/Shawn: That works, a little odd perhaps, the program icon flashes like it needs attention for about 3-4 times and then stops. Runs without UAC nag. Tx

meebers · 25 Oct 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by mborner

After I installed my special Garmin software on my PC, I was bugged by UAC every time I started the app. I simply right clicked on the program icon, selected properties, then on the securities tab. At the bottom of the securities tab I un-checked "Run this Program as an Administrator"
Problem solved. I'm not sure, but I think if the program is installed from the administrator account, it will default to run as administrator with UAC.

I have no option under the security tab to "un-check" Here is link to what I am seeing.

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/8646/permis.jpg

pparks1 · 25 Oct 2010

From a principal standpoint, the reason that you don't really want a UAC safe whitelist of applications is that you should want that application to warn you when it needs to elevate privs. Looking at it a different way, what would stop a hacker from modifying the UAC safe whitelist and then inserting their application which would then auto elevate without you knowing it and potentially wreak havoc on your machine?

LiquidSnak · 25 Oct 2010

My firewall

Also, the UAC safelist would probably trigger a UAC notification.

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