Permanently allowing a program to run at startup.

[ceed]

Hi,

I have a couple of programs I need to run at startup. However, they keep
getting blocked every time I run. And when I allow them to run another
warning comes up before I am able to have them run.

How do a "whitelist" programs so that they can run at start-up? I have
other programs that runs without warnings, so it must be possible to set
this. I do not want to turn off UAC, but I will have to unless I find a way
to run these programs without problems like I did in XP.

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//ceed

 

[Jimmy Brush]

ceed wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a couple of programs I need to run at startup. However, they keep
> getting blocked every time I run. And when I allow them to run another
> warning comes up before I am able to have them run.
>
> How do a "whitelist" programs so that they can run at start-up? I have
> other programs that runs without warnings, so it must be possible to set
> this. I do not want to turn off UAC, but I will have to unless I find a way
> to run these programs without problems like I did in XP.
>

Hello,

The only programs that are blocked in this way are the ones that require
permission to run ("Windows needs your permission to continue").

In order to get them to run, you need to start them from the task
scheduler instead of through the registry or the startup folder.

You must specify in the scheduled task that you want the task to run
with highest privilege, that it should run under your user account, and
should run when you log in.

I have created a program that simplifies this by doing all the work for you:

http://www.jimmah.com/vista/downloads/startupunblocker.zip

--
-JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

 

[Andy]

"Jimmy Brush" <jb@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:e8WLSF0vHHA.784@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> ceed wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a couple of programs I need to run at startup. However, they keep
>> getting blocked every time I run. And when I allow them to run another
>> warning comes up before I am able to have them run.
>>
>> How do a "whitelist" programs so that they can run at start-up? I have
>> other programs that runs without warnings, so it must be possible to set
>> this. I do not want to turn off UAC, but I will have to unless I find a
>> way to run these programs without problems like I did in XP.
>>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have created a program that simplifies this by doing all the work for
> you:
>
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/downloads/startupunblocker.zip

Or just disable UAC under the User Accounts control panel, but not always
recommended.

 

[Jimmy Brush]

>
> Or just disable UAC under the User Accounts control panel, but not
> always recommended.

Correct, disabling UAC for this problem is not recommended.

--
-JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/