Does it write to the registry outside of HKEY_CURRENT_USER? Needs admin Does it write to the file system outside of %Userprofile%? Needs admin Does it run any system application this has a shield icon on it? Needs admin On windows 7 and 8 they made it so that certain system applications with the shield are silently elevated to avoid annoying the user - but only when run manually by the user. But if run with a script you need to handle it if you are using "Run". I think running the program with