Why does a program/application require admin password to run?

Hello,
I have a third party program/application that I am running under standard user account with no admin right. The application was installed in a folder to which the standard account was granted full right. When I double clicked on the program to run it
under the standard user account, I was asked for admin credentials before I can run it.
Does anyone know what has caused this? The application does write in the folder where it was installed and was given full access right for the folder and all sub folder below it. My OS is windows server 2008.
Thanks!

"Installer Detection" ?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb530410.aspx#vistauac_topic3
Don
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