Adding my own signing certificate to the UAC exclusion list?

Posted by Roger Lipscombe on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Roger Lipscombe
Published on 2010-05-28T07:59:21Z Indexed on 2010/05/28 8:02 UTC
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On Windows 7, applications signed by "Microsoft Windows Publisher" don't prompt for elevation when UAC is turned on.

Is there any way that I can add my own code-signing certificate to the UAC exclusions list, to get the same behaviour?

I've got a couple of utilities that I always want to run elevated, so if I could sign them myself and install my self-signed CA certificate somewhere, and then bypass the UAC prompt, that'd save me time every morning when I log in.

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