User Account Control

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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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.

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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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/windo...windows-vista/

Works in Windows7 as well

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"Dave "Crash" Dummy" wrote in message
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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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Crash

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 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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