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Asked: 2026-05-11T06:07:22+00:00

[I’m sorry that this isn’t directly a programming question. But I have recently switched

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[I’m sorry that this isn’t directly a programming question. But I have recently switched to a new Vista machine where I am keeping UAC enabled (please don’t tell me to disable it, it’s not an option).]

Every time I run gnu’s patch.exe I get an elevation dialog from Vista. If I rename patch.exe to foo.exe it does not do this, so I assume this is one of Vista’s ‘heuristics’.

Does anyone know how to disable this? It’s driving me nuts and the Googles aren’t helping.

Or should I add a manifest just for patch.exe to tell the system NOT to try to elevate this? Will that work, and if so how do you make such a manifest?

Thanks so much, been banging my head against the wall for an hour on this so far.

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  1. From:
    http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues/thread/bf4f7dfa-5553-41d3-9c8e-311ee4a88599/

    If you can add a manifest to the affected executable declaring a requestedExecutionLevel of ‘asInvoker’ it should stop prompting.

    Associated guide on UAC architecture and converting existing applications so they work correctly (near the bottom fifth of the page):

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709628.aspx

    Lastly, how to write such a manifest:

    http://www.google.com/search?q=writing+a+uac+manifest

    -Adam

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