[SOLVED] Does Delphi treat .exe files differently based on filename length?

Does Delphi treat .exe files differently based on filename length?

I am currently developing an internal tool using Delphi.

If I call the project and therefore the .exe

RecUtil

It runs fine with no intervention. However if I name the project

RecUpdate

It requires user intervention to allow it to run.

This is a command line utility, the only thing that changes between compiles is the filename of the project and by extension of the .exe.

Essentially once I go over the 8.3 limit I get different behaviour on the same .exe.

Does Delphi compile an .exe differently based on the length of the filename?

I am using Delphi 10.4

If I rename the file after compilation everything is fine it works like normal.

Solution

The answer to this is entirely to do with the words in the .exe name and not the number of characters.

I was naming my .exe recipeUpdate.exe which seems to trigger this UAC issue.

I removed the word update and it works fine.