Is there a setting where I can designate certain programs as "trusted" without hitting the UAC warning every time I try to run it? I have enough legacy apps that it does get annoying. (For example, Truecrypt portable.)
I know the benefits of UAC, but security fatigue is a real problem that Microsoft needs to address. The warning window that people get accustomed to seeing and clicking through by habit is not much of a security feature.
No easy way that I'm aware of: If your program demands admin rights, you need to approve it. "always run as admin" just means "always ask".
A non-easy way: Create a scheduled task that "always runs with highest privileges" to start that program, schedule it to run never. Instead of a shortcut to the program, create a shortcut that triggers the scheduled task to run now.
But if an app you use constantly demands elevation, either it needs elevation and you need to approve it, or it doesn't need elevation and it's poorly programmed.
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Date: 2016-09-02 05:38 pm (UTC)I know the benefits of UAC, but security fatigue is a real problem that Microsoft needs to address. The warning window that people get accustomed to seeing and clicking through by habit is not much of a security feature.
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Date: 2016-09-02 05:44 pm (UTC)A non-easy way: Create a scheduled task that "always runs with highest privileges" to start that program, schedule it to run never. Instead of a shortcut to the program, create a shortcut that triggers the scheduled task to run now.
But if an app you use constantly demands elevation, either it needs elevation and you need to approve it, or it doesn't need elevation and it's poorly programmed.