User Account Control

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

Whenever I open my text editor (EditPad Lite portable) I get the UAC

popup warning asking if I want to allow the program to make changes to

my computer. Is there some way to make particular programs

"trustworthy," so I don't get the popups every time I open them?



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[Nil]

On 09 May 2010, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"

wrote in alt.windows7.general:



> Whenever I open my text editor (EditPad Lite portable) I get the

> UAC popup warning asking if I want to allow the program to make

> changes to my computer. Is there some way to make particular

> programs "trustworthy," so I don't get the popups every time I

> open them?



Install it in some location OTHER than Program Files. UAC doesn't like

to have user data written in that directory, which is what your

portable edition is probably trying to do.

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

Nil wrote:

> On 09 May 2010, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"

> wrote in alt.windows7.general:

>

>> Whenever I open my text editor (EditPad Lite portable) I get the

>> UAC popup warning asking if I want to allow the program to make

>> changes to my computer. Is there some way to make particular

>> programs "trustworthy," so I don't get the popups every time I open

>> them?

>

> Install it in some location OTHER than Program Files. UAC doesn't

> like to have user data written in that directory, which is what your

> portable edition is probably trying to do.



It is not installed in Program Files. It is installed on a different drive:



D:\Portables\EditPadLIte\EditPad.exe



It is strange because I have other portables capable of making changes,

like FileZilla, in the same general location, and they don't get the

warning.

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[David]

On Sun, 09 May 2010 12:27:14 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"

wrote:



>Nil wrote:

>> On 09 May 2010, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"

>> wrote in alt.windows7.general:

>>

>>> Whenever I open my text editor (EditPad Lite portable) I get the

>>> UAC popup warning asking if I want to allow the program to make

>>> changes to my computer. Is there some way to make particular

>>> programs "trustworthy," so I don't get the popups every time I open

>>> them?

>>

>> Install it in some location OTHER than Program Files. UAC doesn't

>> like to have user data written in that directory, which is what your

>> portable edition is probably trying to do.

>

>It is not installed in Program Files. It is installed on a different drive:

>

>D:\Portables\EditPadLIte\EditPad.exe

>

>It is strange because I have other portables capable of making changes,

>like FileZilla, in the same general location, and they don't get the

>warning.





Have a look at this

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/wind...ortcuts-without-uac-prompts-in-windows-vista/



Works in Windows7 as well



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[Dave-UK]

"Dave "Crash" Dummy" wrote in message

news:d8BFn.2809$0M5.2335@newsfe07.iad...

> Whenever I open my text editor (EditPad Lite portable) I get the UAC

> popup warning asking if I want to allow the program to make changes to

> my computer. Is there some way to make particular programs

> "trustworthy," so I don't get the popups every time I open them?

>

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I've just tried the EditPad portable install and I don't get any UAC prompts.

I installed it onto a second drive, D:\.

Are you using the latest version? ( EditPad Lite 6.6.3. 21 March 2010 )

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

User Account Control - Fixed

Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

> Whenever I open my text editor (EditPad Lite portable) I get the UAC

> popup warning asking if I want to allow the program to make changes

> to my computer. Is there some way to make particular programs

> "trustworthy," so I don't get the popups every time I open them?



Since this was a new phenomenon, I restored the system to the last

restore point, which occurred with a critical update early this morning.

That fixed the EditPad problem, and I don't seem to be in need of any

updates.



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