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UAC appears to block changes to certain shortcuts, such as Command Prompt.
Obviously, changing shortcuts system-wide should require an elevation, and
indeed a prompt appears when changing such a shortcut. However, no changes
take effect, even though elevation succeeded. This seems to be a bug, perhaps
only in the special property pages for command-line programs.
My specific problem that triggered this post was in modifying extended
properties of a command line program shortcut, Windows PowerShell. I wanted
to change its layout from 60 lines high to 59. Unfortunately, the only way to
change this is to run PowerShell as administrator and change the properties
from there. This is not too bad, but I would like to see the bug fixed.
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Obviously, changing shortcuts system-wide should require an elevation, and
indeed a prompt appears when changing such a shortcut. However, no changes
take effect, even though elevation succeeded. This seems to be a bug, perhaps
only in the special property pages for command-line programs.
My specific problem that triggered this post was in modifying extended
properties of a command line program shortcut, Windows PowerShell. I wanted
to change its layout from 60 lines high to 59. Unfortunately, the only way to
change this is to run PowerShell as administrator and change the properties
from there. This is not too bad, but I would like to see the bug fixed.
----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/co...6b&dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.security