How do I stop a program from giving me the User Account Control security pop-up every time?

I have a game I'm playing right now that I launch with a shortcut from the desktop, and every time I open it, the User Account Control dialog window pops up with the message "Do you want to allow this program to make changes to your system?"

I have to say "Yes" every time, and I'm wondering if I can bypass this window?

I tried enabling the option that says "Run this shortcut as administrator," but that still didn't stop the window from popping up.

Thanks!

It's not recommended that you do this but here are the instructions. It leaves you more open to malware.

Thanks very much. Is there no way to do it for individual programs?

What game specifically are you forcing the run as admin option on? Most games don't need to be run as admin.

It's Star Wars: The Old Republic (the MMORPG).

Ah one of the rare game that requires it if you installed the game in the Program Files folder because it constantly writes stuff in there.

You might be able to get away with run as admin if you install the game outside of Program Files or Program Files (x86). Put it in like C:/Games or something like that.

This forum thread at SuperUser may help to narrow it to the specific app:

To answer your original question about per-program UAC bypass without touching the global setting, the cleanest Windows-native method is Task Scheduler. Here is how it works:

1. Open Task Scheduler (search Start for it)
2. Click Create Task (not Create Basic Task)
3. On the General tab, tick Run with highest privileges and set Configure for to Windows 10/11
4. On the Actions tab, click New, set Action to Start a program, and browse to the SWTOR .exe
5. On the Conditions tab, untick Start the task only if on AC power if on a laptop
6. On the Settings tab, untick Stop the task if it runs longer than

Then create a shortcut targeting: C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /tn "YourTaskName"

When you launch via that shortcut, the UAC prompt is bypassed entirely because Task Scheduler handles the elevation silently. Intel_man's suggestion of moving the install outside Program Files also works and is simpler if you are doing a fresh install, but the Task Scheduler route works with the game wherever it is currently installed.