Prevent elevation (UAC) for an application that doesn't need it.

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Published on 2009-08-18T16:14:37Z Indexed on 2010/05/25 12:32 UTC
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Having recently migrated from Vista 32bit to Windows 7 64bit, one of my programs now requires admin rights.

I use a rather exotic text editor (Crimson Editor). Although not designed for Vist/Win7 it worked well with Vista. But under Windows 7, the program executable gets this UAC shield added to its icon (even though the "Run as administrator" flag in the compatibility tab is not set) and prompts for elevation whenever I run it.

How does Win7 determine that this notepad-like application needs admin rights? How can I override this false heuristic?

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