How to setup a task in task scheduler without UAC going off

[robert3892]

I have a program called EXPERTool that I want to run at startup in Windows

Vista Home Premium. I am the only user and there is only one account and

that is mine as administrator. I have tried to setup the executable for

expertool in the task schdule. No matter what I do windows UAC blocks the

program at startup.

Why is there a task scheduler in administrative tools when it is so

difficult to run the task with UAC?

The program is located here:

http://www.gainward.com/support/XPRT_50.zip

Can anyone advise me on this and better yet tell me why it is so difficult

to setup for a home user?

[cluberti]

If you create a task in Vista that runs an .exe that needs to run with elevated privileges, Task Scheduler will be required to go through UAC and either prompt the user for creds, or at least a continue button. If you run the .exe file manually with UAC enabled, does a UAC prompt kick off? If so, it'll be hell in task scheduler, because the app does something that requires elevated privileges (writing to the registry anywhere but the HKCU hive, write access to \Windows or \Program Files, or the root of any volume, etc).