ific apps. All the solutions I've found are for PAST versions of Windows 10 and are no longer applicable. I open the same app every day and am up to here with having to again allow changes to be made by this app. I have the most recent version of Windows 10 in my brand new PC. Help please!
Details, please. Afraid that my crystal ball is in the shop at the moment.
In all seriousness, if you could provide some details it would be appreciated. What app are we talking about? What precisely is the message you are getting? Any other details that might be helpful to troubleshooting this also welcome.
Go into Settings and search for User Account Control Settings.
Applications generate the message you seem to be describing if the app has the ability to change system-wide settings [i.e. settings that affect other user accounts or Windows own areas].
I urge you not to change your User account control settings to address this issue. Doing so increases your system's vulnerability. Doing so is also unnecessary because there are better solutions.
I second @hsehestedt 's call for further info. A photo of the 'allow changes to be made by this app' dialog and identification of the app concerned would remove uncertainty.
If this genuine app genuinely requires the permissions I think you are referring to [rather than the request being in any way suspect] then it is possible to set a task up in Task scheduler to allow manual launching without the 'allow changes to be made by this app' dialog.
- But don't let me mislead you - allowing anything to launch this way carries the risk of malware exploitation of the hole in your defences that this action represents.
- I hestitate to give full guidance about taking this action until the further info has been posted in case the situation is not what I think you are describing.
Denis
I appreciate your warnings but before one could surf I was learning to code in Dr. Dos, before the existance of Microsoft. I'm painfully cautious.
Two apps are affected, TDAmeritrade's ThinkorSwim stock charting & Revo Uninstaller. I use ToS daily. When it boots up it is automatically updated by TDAmeritrade. Revo is for the purpose of making changes. In both cases I want the changes!
When I click on either a box pops up asking "Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your computer?" It includes the affirmation that the publisher is "verified" & that the app source is "this computer." To answer yes I must select yes; to answer no I simply hit enter.
I've tried solutions at the two links below. They either didn't work or are no longer valid due to Windows 10 major updates of Nov 2019.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...2-ac9adcd4e5ec
How to manage file access permissions for apps on Windows 10 April 2018 Update | Windows Central
I have a brand new Dell OptyPlex 5070.
Thanks.
I refer you to post #3 above. Although I caution that this applies a blanket authority to all apps. The Windows Defender/Security infrastructure is just not very good at this kind of protection. I was a long time user of the Avast A/V where you could manage permissions at the individual app level. Unfortunately the free version recently started giving me regular BSOD's from an Avast driver that has been the subject of this complaint for several years, so bye bye and I use User Account Control Settings to dial down the protection (cos I'm confident I can manage it without Nanny).
I am still hoping there is a control I've yet to find that can deal with individual apps.
I can think of no logical reason for a stock trading application to need admin permissions. I suggest that you search its support website and forums for assistance. Perhaps it has a fault that is causing this symptom.
As for Revo, see Elevated Shortcut without UAC - TenForumsTutorials
Denis
The stock trading software I use from Charles Schwab does not upgrade daily, hence it does not suffer this pop up. But then it is not as sophisticated as is TDAmeritrade's ThinkorSwim, which downloads updates each time I launch. The fact that RevoUninstaller also elicits the exact same pop up window and is a program designed make changes to "this computer" is proof enough that Windows 10 is pretty clever in that it detects immediately programs that will make changes. I'm not surprised that this is not a common issue nor familiar to most users. Thanks for your input.
Hey @frustratedagain and anyone else wanting a relatively simple solution for the UAC Madness..
Uninstall the program, for example ThinkOrSwim (Export settings, etc. first). Then reinstall for only the current user.
Do not install for all users. This solution will allow you to keep the default UAC settings without a bunch of unnecessary steps.
Let me know if that works for you, it has for me any others.
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