I am logged into my computer as the “administrator” and the SSD dashboard software still continues to say “you don’t have administrator rights to use the WD SSD Dashboard”. What am I doing wrong?
try right clicking the dashboard in the app list and select run as administrator.
… but by rights there should be no need to do this. When I changed computers I opted for a Samsung SSD and the Samsung Magician software does not require admin rights to function. It looks like I’m going to have to use the Task Scheduler trick to get the WD Dashboard to load without the UAC prompt appearing.
I have the same problem with windows 10. I put the exe file in Win 10 Task Scheduler and there is no UAC Prompt any more. The Problem is now, that the SSD Dashboard does not start minimized. Does anyone know if it is possible to start the program minimized with perhaps an argument?
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Well this software execution is very poorly executed. Here are Several notes:
#1: The install of the software should have created an entree in the task scheduler to allow the software to always run without needing the UAC each time. This is a knowledge issue of the developers. They need a UAC specialist to set them straight.
#2: The programmers also messed up by placing the “Run on startup” registry entry into the wrong location… Their mistake was putting it here:
\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
When clicking that checkmark, It should have gone into the Task Scheduler using a XML command like the screenshot below: This action would have called the UAC and it would have been created.
#3: [WORK AROUND FOR CURRENT USERS] The information everyone wants to the Add Arguments for use with Task Scheduler so the application starts minimized is “-M”
#4: When running with the “-M” option it should also run in full silent mode meaning the pop-up that shows up going “Looking for Western Digital Drives” should be backgrounded and nothing should pop up.
RESOLUTION: FIX or PROVIDE the Startup flags to run in full silent.!
Here is a screenshot of my working startup task exported from the “Task Scheduler” for the Developers to take a look at.
