Program keeps requesting confirmation before running.

I have a rather irritating problem, which I don't recall having on Windows 7.

Each time I run my backup program (SynchBack SE) I get the following message;

"Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer",

which I always say 'Yes' to.

Now, I understand this is a security feature, and I think I can probably inhibit this by changing the User Access Controls (UAC). However, what I really want to do is to confirm this program can run, and not be asked again, whereas I think the UAC is a more global setting. Is there a solution to this that won't mean tweaking the UAC level?

The reason why I am wary about tweaking the UAC level is because I 'think' this will be system wide, and I don't want to reduce security for all users on my PC.

Or, maybe I have just got UAC all wrong, I am not clear TBH on all the in's and out's of UAC.

Any advice or references would be appreciated.

Thanks

Programs that modify files in your PC might require to run as Administrator. Did you try to run as Administrator ?

Mmm, I'm running SyncBack 3.2 on Win 8, but can't remember the UAC popping up. Maybe it does but I automatically click through it.

Anyway, I've not used it myself, however the following Windows 7 tutorials may work (obviously using your SyncBack path instead, EG - "C:\Program Files (x86)\2BrightSparks\SyncBack\SyncBack.exe")
Elevated Program Shortcut without UAC Prompt - Create - Windows 7 Help Forums


ETA - There is also a SyncBack support page regarding UAC here:
2BrightSparks Support Area - KnowledgeBase - FAQ: When I run SyncBackSE/Pro on Windows Vista (or later) it always prompts me with "A program needs your permission to continue". Why?

Thanks for posts so far...

I use a 3rd party Cron service to do my scheduling, reasons are long-winded, so lets skip over that. The Cron service kicks off a batch file, and this seems to run, but it falls over when I try to start the back up. 'Run As' Administrator would seem to be a good suggestion, but I am struggling with the command line changes to make in my Batch File

I have this...

runas /profile /user:MYCOMPUTER\Administrator "C:\Program Files (x86)\2BrightSparks\SyncBackSE\SyncBackSE" -m "BackupProfile"

My PC is in a work group, not on a domain, and the name is MYCOMPUTER.

The Batch file seems to reject this as bad usage of RUNAS.

Any suggestions always gratefully recveived.

Thanks for the help so far.