How to Disable the UAC Prompt for a Specific Application

While I like User Account Control (UAC), there’s always that one application that you need to run that requires admin rights. This is especially problematic if you need to automate that application from a batch file, scheduled task, or code build. While I guess you can hire someone to click on the Continue button, it’d be much better to turn off UAC for that one application. Fortunately, the Knowledge Base Article 946932 shows you exactly how to do that.

Full credit to Charlie Russel and his excellent x64 blog for finding this gem.

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