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

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Oberholtzer wrote:
> 0.6 as well.  Yes compatibility mode (XP sp3) is turned on.

If you've set the program to be compatible with XP, then it automatically has admin rights... which is causing the UAC dialog.

> 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.

The shield indicates that Windows thinks it's a setup program.  It's got some naming rules that can trigger this.  If the word "setup", "update", or "install" is in the file name ... it automatically forces the UAC dialog when it's run.  I ran into this on a PC app I developed (for Implementer) that did nothing to modify the Windows configuration.  The programs name, however was "implementer-update.exe".

If the programs name was "putty.exe", I can't imagine why that would cause the UAC dialog ... except the XP compatibility.

david