Visual Studio 2010 Icon Displays UAC Screen

Question

I just installed Visual Studio 2010 on my home computer and as shown in the figure below, the icon is displayed with the UAC screen.

This, of course, is not a problem, but is this normal behavior in an administrator account with UAC turned off? I do not remember what it was on my work machine.

Answer 1

Yes, this is the correct behavior recommended by the Microsoft User Account Control Guide. The relevant part is in the "UAC shield " icon section and reads:

Displays the UAC screen even if user account management has been turned off or the user is using the built-in administrator account. Consistently displaying the UAC screen is easier to program and provides users with information on the nature of the task.

Here you can read the entire document: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511445.aspx .