Hi Emerson.

>Firstly I receive a message asking if I want to run this software, so when I start the exe that creates the shortcut I receive an UAC message asking if I want to allow the exe to run.

That makes sense. The first is the usual security dialog that appears when you run an application outside your security zone (you can change your security zone to include the system you're running the EXE from) and the second is the elevation prompt since the EXE requires admin privileges.

Doug