Re: UAC controls (cross posted from WDSCI-L)

Windows doesn't want us messing with the root of the OS drive, for obvious
reasons. Changing something in a folder on the root changes the folder
metadata, which is changing the root, triggering UAC and requiring elevated
privileges.

I have found that putting these "non-installed" executables (such as putty)
into a folder in my profile and putting shortcuts where needed is the
cleanest way to use them. It also makes it very easy to move the utilities
when I change computers.

And if that folder is inside My DropBox, they are accessible from any other
computer should I so desire!

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Tom Jedrzejewicz
tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Illegitimi non carborundum"



On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 7:43 AM, Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

0.6 as well. Yes compatibility mode (XP sp3) is turned on.

For grins, I created a directory called c:\Utility.
Copied all the files from c:\Putty into it.
Created a shortcut and put it on the desktop.

No UAC prompt..... Now I do see a change in the icon. The old version
still has the shield on it, the new one does not. I have no idea what
the difference is other than I don't get the prompt. I'm good with that.

Jim Oberholtzer
CEO/Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects, LLC


On 3/29/2011 9:31 AM, David Gibbs wrote:

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Jim Oberholtzer wrote:

Putty in my case runs in c:\putty. How is the world do you turn off the
UAC for a specific program?

I run putty out of c:/utility/putty and it doesn't trigger a UAC dialog.

I'm running version 0.6

Do you have putty set to run in a compatibility mode?

david

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