Windows should boot without any additional UAC prompts
Actual behavior
It seems Docker needs extra privileges for its start-up behaviour, and causes a UAC prompt to appear
I’m sure there is a way to improve this, as other apps no doubt have similar requirements. Is there a way to install a service or something that gets the privileges it needs at install time instead of every Windows boot?
Information
Docker 1.10.6.958 (Beta) 9874eb0
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Insiders
Steps to reproduce the behavior
turn on computer with Docker for Windows beta installed
@jokeyrhyme thanks for the report - we’re already tracking this issue as an enhancement. The UAC prompt is required because the Docker app needs to check on the state of the hyper-v virtual machine, and that requires elevated privileges. The workarounds we’re considering involve either splitting the hyper-v parts into a service-backend, or making sure the installing user is added to Windows security groups that permit access to hyper-v components.
If the prompt bothers you, you can stop Docker from auto-starting in settings and start it manually when you need it.
It’s great that it’s on the radar. That’s all I ever wanted.
Windows Vista and UAC prompts are so old now, this just happens to be one of my bug-bears when new Windows apps get UAC prompts wrong. But this is a beta and I’ve been heard. Keep up the great work. Everything else is great so far. <3
When DockerForWindows is set to automatically start on login, an entry is added to: HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
This causes the UAC dialog will come up on every logon.
An easy way to avoid that problem is to create a create a task in Windows Task Scheduler that runs DockerForWindows.exe on logon and set it to run with highest privilege available.
It would achieve the same purpose without bringing UAC.
