Customizing Win 7 User Account Control

[FtlIsAwesome]

For some programs I frequently use, I must click on a confirmation box each time I run them. This box does not show up if I don't run them as administrator, but if I don't run them as administrator I cannot save/edit files with these programs.

I want the confirmation box to not show up for these specific programs. I do not want to set the global UAC settings lower. There isn't a way to allow specific programs with the UAC interface, oddly.

So how do I do this?

If it helps any, some of the programs I use are AbiWord and 7-Zip.

 

[jhae2.718]

Neither of those should require UAC. What are you trying to do?

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

Ok, if I don't run 7-Zip as administrator, I can't extract archives.
If I do run it as admin the UAC confimation box pops up.

It doesn't allow me to take a snapshot of it.
It says something along the lines of:

Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this computer?

Program name: 7zFM.exe
Publisher: Unknown
File origin: Hard drive on this computer
Program location: "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe"

Similarly, for AbiWord I can't save documents unless I run it as admin.

I've kinda gotten used to it, but it would be nice if there was a way to disable the popup for these programs.
The only way I know of to disable it is to disable UAC completely, and I don't want to do that.

Other programs, such as Gimp, don't cause a UAC popup.
It does it for programs with unknown publishers.

 

[jhae2.718]

What setting do you currently have UAC on?

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

"Default - Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer"

 

[jhae2.718]

Then a UAC prompt should not be triggered when you use those applications. I use 7-Zip with the most restrictive UAC settings, and I am never prompted when using it.

What versions of 7z and AbiWord do you have?

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

7-Zip 9.20
AbiWord 2.6.8

I am using Windows 7 Professional (64-bit, though I don't think that's relevant). Do you use a different version?

 

[jhae2.718]

Ultimate x86_64.

Have you tried right clicking, going into properties and seeing what the permissions are? It's been a while since I've booted into W7, but IIRC you can set a program to always run in admin mode.

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

Have you tried right clicking, going into properties and seeing what the permissions are? It's been a while since I've booted into W7, but IIRC you can set a program to always run in admin mode.

Yep, that's what I've been doing. I added my name to the permissions on one (Gravity Simulator) and gave myself Full Control, and UAC still comes up.