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streetwolf:
Tried your new zip file and still a no go.  I updated the options program to run as admin via compatibility options which also fixes the problem.

I am running with the UAC slider at the bottom if that makes a difference.

Shane:

--- Quote ---I am running with the UAC slider at the bottom if that makes a difference.
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Actually that does. In Windows 8 you can now longer actually turn off the UAC. You can use a regkey setting to fully turn it off but then the app store wont work.

Turning it down tot he lowest level in 8 will simply have it no longer ask you to run a program with admin rights and will simply not run them with it. So you always have to right click and choose run as admin or set it in the compatibility.

This is one of the things I hate about 8.

Try bumping up the side 1 notch and then try and you will see it will ask you then.

Shane

streetwolf:
Going up a notch does indeed give me the UAC message.  Two things... Why use manifests at all?  I don't see any programs I checked that use them.  Secondly, many folks set the UAC to the bottom.  Those programs that require Admin will give me a message stating so.  I'll either have to run them a Admin using the context menu or just set them as admin in the compatibility options.

Shane:
Most programs have the manifest file embedded in the exe itself. I dont do that. I like having it out so users can look at it with notepad if they wish.

In vista and 7 when you turned UAC off it was truly off. In 8 it isnt.

http://www.alltechtalk.net/forum/thread-bypass-windows-8-uac-while-keeping-metro

Shane

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