Something might be going on with Windows 7 UAC. (consent.exe)

There was another thread, from last year, that went like this: - I have 10 consent.exe in my task manager ( I think one extra comes up everytime i try to run an exe file ) - When I try to end the process (consent.exe) in task manager, It shows up with the message " THE OPERATION COULD NOT BE...

I have comodo firewall installed and I have now received an alert for the second time wanting to grant access to 'consent.exe'. It seems consent.exe is related to UAC but when I opened the taskmgr and right clicked to go to file location it wouldn't open it. Usually it takes me to the exe location...

I regularly hibernate my Windows 7 Ultimate Laptop to increase my boot speed. All of a suddent, my .exe files won't open. .REG files wont open and other executable files (except .com) won't open. :( I normally use firefox but that wouldn't open up anymire, even my Microsoft Office 2010 setup...

Hi, I noticed that on Win 7 a process called consent.exe runs when i try to install any application. From the consent.exe description i understood that it is the consent UI for administrative apps and i believe it is related to the UAC since when UAC is disabled, this process does not run....