UAC workaround?

[Narsikus]

SWTOR seems to always prompt me with UAC upon starting it up. I play on a non-admin account with UAC turned on. I am the machine admin, I just don't use an admin account for everyday usage for protection.

How can I start up SWTOR without being prompted by UAC each time? I don't have to do UAC for any of the other countless games I have installed. For some of the other games, I had to go in and uncheck "run as administrator" so I wouldn't get prompted each time. I tried that on SWTOR, but it still wants to prompt me each time.

Anybody have a workaround?

Also, is there a way to launch the game directly by running the .exe file instead of the launcher? (obviously I know this won't work if the game hasn't been updated). I'd be fine with starting the game directly and only being promted by UAC when I update it with the launcher/patcher.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Lax]

Also, is there a way to launch the game directly by running the .exe file instead of the launcher?

SWTOR does not provide in-client login that I've seen, so unless you're going to develop your own launcher to get the keys to pass to the client I wouldn't hold your breath.

As far as running as Administrator, if you're not using ISBoxer (multiple PCs?) then I don't think it will be so simple. For those playing SWTOR on one PC with ISBoxer, Inner Space should already be running as Administrator, and then each SWTOR instance will be launched as Administrator so you shouldn't get the popups.

[d0z3rr]

Let's not bash people for using features that you may not use.

[d0z3rr]

Oh God, bleeding heart moderator to the rescue!

Quoted from another website:

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3. Malware Doesn’t Normally Knock on The Door

If you’ve ever had the misfortune of being infected while UAC is on, you know the truth. UAC will not protect you from malware, since there are tons of different ways to call the Windows function library (WinAPI) without having to actually go through the feature’s screening process. The simplest method that malware uses to bypass the supposed security feature involves acting as an innocent application then writing all of the “bad stuff” to your AppData folder, which isn’t touched by UAC. Of course, there are other ways to bypass UAC, but I won’t discuss them for the sake of not giving people ideas.
"

If you are even somewhat OS savvy, you simply do not need UAC. Does your 90 year old grandmother? Yes, most likely. Does your 12 year old son? Yes, most likely.

I feel most of us on this forum are aware that "Super virus scanner 2012" is bad software, and we shouldn't download and install it.

[Vecter]

Oh God, bleeding heart moderator to the rescue!

Quoted from another website:

"
3. Malware Doesn’t Normally Knock on The Door

If you’ve ever had the misfortune of being infected while UAC is on, you know the truth. UAC will not protect you from malware, since there are tons of different ways to call the Windows function library (WinAPI) without having to actually go through the feature’s screening process. The simplest method that malware uses to bypass the supposed security feature involves acting as an innocent application then writing all of the “bad stuff” to your AppData folder, which isn’t touched by UAC. Of course, there are other ways to bypass UAC, but I won’t discuss them for the sake of not giving people ideas.
"

If you are even somewhat OS savvy, you simply do not need UAC. Does your 90 year old grandmother? Yes, most likely. Does your 12 year old son? Yes, most likely.

I feel most of us on this forum are aware that "Super virus scanner 2012" is bad software, and we shouldn't download and install it.

3 day ban, obviously you didn't understand. Don't bash the community and then bash the moderator.