4 color sheild

Hey, Why does some programs have a 4 color sheild on their icon? Thanks Op

That shield represents that the program, Control Panel item, or setting is under the control of User Account Control, or UAC for short. You must sign in as an admin to run the program. If you're already signed in as an administrator, click Continue on the screen that appears; if you're anything else, select an administrator account from the list and enter its password before clicking Continue. In either case, all Windows tasks (except things like music) stop while the UAC dialog is open.
UAC can be turned off if you find it intrudes too often.
"OpeXp" wrote in message

Hey, Why does some programs have a 4 color sheild on their icon? Thanks Op

I think it's a marker to show that the program file has a zone info data stream (used to mark files downloaded from the internet, like in XP).
"NeoDude0" wrote:

That shield represents that the program, Control Panel item, or setting is under the control of User Account Control, or UAC for short. You must sign in as an admin to run the program. If you're already signed in as an administrator, click Continue on the screen that appears; if you're anything else, select an administrator account from the list and enter its password before clicking Continue. In either case, all Windows tasks (except things like music) stop while the UAC dialog is open.
UAC can be turned off if you find it intrudes too often.
"OpeXp" wrote in message Hey, Why does some programs have a 4 color sheild on their icon? Thanks Op