>>The UAC is making my life difficult. I can't start VFP without getting the "Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to your computer" message. I've tried some workarounds, but they are not working. Is there a way to get VFP - and obviously this applies to other programs, not just VFP - to start without the annoying message?
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>You can permanently disable UAC.

Well, sorry, I should have made it clear that I don't want to do that. Obviously, it has value in the prevention of infection by viruses, malware, etc. However, when starting known safe apps like VFP, it's a pain to keep answering the stupid "Do you want to allow..." question. I'm not alone in this desire to have a way to permanently authorize known safe apps since a lot of people online are wanting this same thing. It's just that what I've tried so far has not worked. There's one thing I need to review and try again. I hope it will work this time. Any other suggestions are welcome.