User Account Control: Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations

User Account Control: Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations

This security setting will enforce the requirement that applications that request execution with a UIAccess integrity level (via a marking of UIAccess=true in their application manifest), must reside in a secure location on the file system. Secure locations are limited to the following directories:

- \Program Files\, including subdirectories
- \Windows\system32\
- \Program Files (x86)\, including subdirectories for 64 bit versions of Windows

Note: Windows enforces a PKI signature check on any interactive application that requests execution with UIAccess integrity level regardless of the state of this security setting.

The options are:

- Enabled: An application will only launch with UIAccess integrity if it resides in a secure location in the file system.

- Disabled: An application will launch with UIAccess integrity even if it does not reside in a secure location in the file system.

Default: Enabled

Policy path: 

Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Local Policies\Security Options

Supported on: 

At least Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008

Registry settings: 

SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableSecureUIAPaths

Reboot required: 

No

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