UAC Alert with Windows 7

Kenneth Raich

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Dec 12, 2009, 9:07:40 AM12/12/09

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Hello,
I hope someone can help with this:
After upgrading my system from XP to Windows 7 I get a UAC alert each
time I launch Agent. The UAC reads:
Do you want to allow the following program to make
changes to this computer?
Program Name: Forte Agent
Verified publisher: Forte Internet Software, Inc.
File Origin: Hard drive on this computer

Agent works fine after I click the "Yes" button. However, I would like
to eliminate the annoying UAC alert.

I have tried the following with no success:
- I upgraded from Agent 5 to Agent 6
- I moved the Agent folder from C:\Manual Programs\Agent
to C:\Users\[My Account]\AppData\Local\Forte\Agent
- I configured Agent.exe to "Run as Administrator"
(that allowed me to Ctrl-L to launch the browser
...but the UAC alert still appears when Agent is started)

What else can I try?

Ken
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Keith

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Dec 14, 2009, 7:03:00 AM12/14/09

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On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:07:40 -0700, Kenneth Raich <k...@raich.us> wrote:

> I configured Agent.exe to "Run as Administrator"
> (that allowed me to Ctrl-L to launch the browser
> ...but the UAC alert still appears when Agent is started)

Turn off run as an administrator. That requires UAC prompt for the
program to run.
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Jamaican

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Dec 15, 2009, 4:20:45 AM12/15/09

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On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:07:40 -0700, Kenneth Raich <k...@raich.us>
wrote:

>Hello,

>I hope someone can help with this:
>After upgrading my system from XP to Windows 7 I get a UAC alert each
>time I launch Agent. The UAC reads:
> Do you want to allow the following program to make
> changes to this computer?
> Program Name: Forte Agent
> Verified publisher: Forte Internet Software, Inc.
> File Origin: Hard drive on this computer
>
>Agent works fine after I click the "Yes" button. However, I would like
>to eliminate the annoying UAC alert.
>
>I have tried the following with no success:
> - I upgraded from Agent 5 to Agent 6
> - I moved the Agent folder from C:\Manual Programs\Agent
> to C:\Users\[My Account]\AppData\Local\Forte\Agent
> - I configured Agent.exe to "Run as Administrator"
> (that allowed me to Ctrl-L to launch the browser
> ...but the UAC alert still appears when Agent is started)
>
>What else can I try?
>
>Ken

Go to the UAC settings and lower the security level a little and it
will stop asking you for permission.

Kenneth Raich

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Dec 17, 2009, 6:20:04 AM12/17/09

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Hello Kieth,
Thanks for the advice. When I turn off "Run as Administrator"...Agent
will launch without the UAC alert. However, then Ctrl-L (Message->Launch
in Browser) no longer works. It appears that Agent needs to be
configured to "Run as Administrator" in order to launch a message in my
browser. Is there another setting that can overcome this restriction?

Ken

Kenneth Raich

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Dec 19, 2009, 7:43:36 AM12/19/09

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I'm posting a solution to this issue (that worked for me) in case anyone
else has the same problem.

The problem was that my browser "Firefox" would not launch from Agent
unless I started Agent with the "Run As Administrator" command.
Unfortunately, when started with "Run As Administrator", Windows 7
displays a UAC alert...which is an annoyance.

The solution was to change the DDE Message (in Tools->Options->URL
Types) from
"%1",,0xFFFFFFFF,,,,,
to
"%1",,0,0,,,,

The first set of parameters worked fine with Windows XP, but it needed
to be changed to the second set for Windows 7.

cheers,