I think I'd rather say "sidestep" UAC - if you drop an exe in your "documents" folder, there's no UAC prompt. Scoop doesn't write to protected areas by default.

I think I'd rather say "sidestep" UAC - if you drop an exe in your "documents" folder, there's no UAC prompt. Scoop doesn't write to protected areas by default. I suppose it's entirely possible to change this via draconian policies (to have the equivalent of mounting home noexec) - and conversely, for global installs - you need to abide by UAC in the form of "sudo": https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Global-Installs https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Global-Installs