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

[JohnJSal]

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!

 

[johnb35]

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

 

[JohnJSal]

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

 

[Intel_man]

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

 

[JohnJSal]

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

 

[Intel_man]

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.