UAC Trust Shortcut (32-bit) for Windows

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• Does not work with Windows 8.1

  sydneyGuinnessMay 28, 2016

  Pros

  Does not work with Windows 8.1

  Cons

  Does not work with Windows 8.1

  Summary

  Does not work with Windows 8.1

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• Works as advertized, but not from Startup menu

  cnetcommenter2July 31, 2011

  Pros

  Successfully created a shortcut which launched an app (which normally needed a UAC click) without the UAC click.

  Cons

  Could not get this shortcut to then work from the startup menu. The interface is also a little odd (though manageable).

  Summary

  I was terrified to try this with so few user downloads, but Avast and Windows Defender cleared it so I trusted CNET. It seems harmless, and uninstalled cleanly so far as I can tell. In my case I wanted to run apcSysTray.exe (system tray options for APC UPS) on startup, but it required a UAC click. "UAC Trust Shortcut" created an icon which launched the system tray app, but did not require a click (other things still did). That was just as advertised. However,... When I put the shortcut in the startup folder it was not recognized. After digging a little (there's a minimal pdf in the "UAC Trust Shortcut" folder in Program Files), I found that a "service" (not really, just a running process) needed to be launched. I put that in the startup menu too but got a bizarre cyclic behavior which I needed to task-manager out of. This defeated my purpose of bypassing a UAC click for the startup item. As stated above the interface is also a bit odd, but still understandable. Documentation is essentially hidden and very spartan. I had to track down the tracer.exe "service" on my own. If you are really annoyed by one click then this is your thing, but if you wanted to bypass UAC blockages to unattended startups then look elsewhere.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Jul 31, 2011<p/>PS: I had to go to their site for the 64 bit version. All my comments were Win7 on Core i7.

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