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Oh poo but thanks
I strongly suspect that a lot of confusion in the discussion was due to the fact - which I just realized right now - that the UAC yes/no pop-up that I want to set on permanent "no" is for a sort of hidden sub-program, namely, the *updater* for a particular program. You never see this updater as a separate program when you install the main program; it's not in Windows "Programs and Features" or "Add/Remove Programs".
I think this is one of those "we're both right" situations:
The reason I kept saying the program runs fine is that I was referring to the main program (because I had no idea the updater needs to be considered as an entirely separate program). And Brink was also correct, because the updater presumably won't run at all when I click "no" - which is what I want, to disable auto-updates.
In other words, I always click "no" yet I see the (main) program start and run fine. Yes, definitely I am seeing for a different program where I *want* to click yes, I sometimes click "no" by accident and then the thing simply doesn't start, as Brink says.