diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 740c928c..6911d3d5 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 SnapRAID HISTORY
 ================
 
+14.0rc3 ?/03/2026
+==================
+ * Added new --gui options for better interaction with SnapRAID Daemon. 
+ * Removed the UAC request for Windows executable.
+
 14.0rc2 08/03/2026
 ==================
  * Extended Windows support to be on par with the Linux version.
@@ -8,7 +13,7 @@ SnapRAID HISTORY
 14.0rc1 01/03/2026
 ==================
  * More log tags for all commands in preparation for the upcoming SnapRAID
-   daemon. Pre-release will be available at https://github.com/amadvance/snapraid-daemon.
+   Daemon. Pre-release will be available at https://github.com/amadvance/snapraid-daemon.
    Note that this is the minimal SnapRAID version required to use the daemon.
  * Fixed a crash on macOS when filesystem doesn't report UUID
  * Added support for local exclusion rules via .snapraidignore files placed
diff --git a/cmdline/snapraid.c b/cmdline/snapraid.c
index d1904205..a1256c59 100644
--- a/cmdline/snapraid.c
+++ b/cmdline/snapraid.c
@@ -649,8 +649,9 @@ void config(char* conf, size_t conf_size, const char* argv0)
 #define OPT_GUI 501
 #define OPT_GUI_VERBOSE 502
 #define OPT_GUI_RESCAN_AFTER 503
-#define OPT_GUI_THRESHOLD_REMOVES 504
-#define OPT_GUI_THRESHOLD_UPDATES 505
+#define OPT_GUI_TOUCH_BEFORE 504
+#define OPT_GUI_THRESHOLD_REMOVES 505
+#define OPT_GUI_THRESHOLD_UPDATES 506
 
 /**
  * Test options
@@ -750,8 +751,9 @@ static struct option long_options[] = {
 	{ "gui", 0, 0, OPT_GUI }, /* undocumented GUI interface option (it was also 'G' in the past) */
 	{ "gui-verbose", 0, 0, OPT_GUI_VERBOSE }, /* undocumented GUI interface option */
 	{ "gui-rescan-after", 0, 0, OPT_GUI_RESCAN_AFTER }, /* undocumented GUI, force a rescan after the command to log differences */
-	{ "gui-threshold-removes", 1, 0, OPT_GUI_THRESHOLD_REMOVES }, /* abort sync if too many removed files */
-	{ "gui-threshold-updates", 1, 0, OPT_GUI_THRESHOLD_UPDATES }, /* abort sync if too many updated files */
+	{ "gui-touch-before", 0, 0, OPT_GUI_TOUCH_BEFORE }, /* undocumented GUI, force a touch before the command */
+	{ "gui-threshold-removes", 1, 0, OPT_GUI_THRESHOLD_REMOVES }, /* undocumented GUI, abort sync if too many removed files */
+	{ "gui-threshold-updates", 1, 0, OPT_GUI_THRESHOLD_UPDATES }, /* undocumented GUI, abort sync if too many updated files */
 
 	/* The following are test specific options, DO NOT USE! */
 
@@ -1251,6 +1253,9 @@ int snapraid_main(int argc, char* argv[])
 		case OPT_GUI_RESCAN_AFTER :
 			opt.gui_rescan_after = 1;
 			break;
+		case OPT_GUI_TOUCH_BEFORE :
+			opt.gui_touch_before = 1;
+			break;
 		case OPT_GUI_THRESHOLD_REMOVES :
 			opt.gui_threshold_removes = strtoul(optarg, &e, 0);
 			if (!e || *e) {
@@ -1868,6 +1873,9 @@ int snapraid_main(int argc, char* argv[])
 		if (state.opt.force_realloc)
 			state_locate_mark_tail_blocks_for_resync(&state, opt.parity_tail);
 
+		if (opt.gui_touch_before)
+			state_touch(&state);
+
 		state_scan(&state);
 
 		if (opt.gui_threshold_removes != 0 && state.removed_files > opt.gui_threshold_removes) {
diff --git a/cmdline/state.h b/cmdline/state.h
index 8d1995dc..e945aae6 100644
--- a/cmdline/state.h
+++ b/cmdline/state.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct snapraid_option {
 	int gui; /**< GUI output. */
 	int gui_verbose; /**< GUI verbose output. */
 	int gui_rescan_after; /**< GUI force a rescan after the command. */
+	int gui_touch_before; /**< GUI force a touch before the command. */
 	unsigned gui_threshold_removes; /**< GUI abort sync if too many removed files */
 	unsigned gui_threshold_updates; /**< GUI abort sync if too many updated files */
 	int auditonly; /**< In check, checks only the hash and not the parity. */
diff --git a/cmdline/touch.c b/cmdline/touch.c
index 8381217d..6755bfc0 100644
--- a/cmdline/touch.c
+++ b/cmdline/touch.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ void state_touch(struct snapraid_state* state)
 				f = open(path, flags);
 				if (f == -1) {
 					/* LCOV_EXCL_START */
-					log_fatal(errno, "Error opening file '%s'. %s.\n", path, strerror(errno));
+					log_error(errno, "Error opening file '%s'. %s.\n", path, strerror(errno));
 					continue;
 					/* LCOV_EXCL_STOP */
 				}
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ void state_touch(struct snapraid_state* state)
 				if (ret == -1) {
 					/* LCOV_EXCL_START */
 					close(f);
-					log_fatal(errno, "Error accessing file '%s'. %s.\n", path, strerror(errno));
+					log_error(errno, "Error accessing file '%s'. %s.\n", path, strerror(errno));
 					continue;
 					/* LCOV_EXCL_STOP */
 				}
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void state_touch(struct snapraid_state* state)
 				if (ret != 0) {
 					/* LCOV_EXCL_START */
 					close(f);
-					log_fatal(errno, "Error timing file '%s'. %s.\n", path, strerror(errno));
+					log_error(errno, "Error timing file '%s'. %s.\n", path, strerror(errno));
 					continue;
 					/* LCOV_EXCL_STOP */
 				}
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ void state_touch(struct snapraid_state* state)
 				if (ret == -1) {
 					/* LCOV_EXCL_START */
 					close(f);
-					log_fatal(errno, "Error accessing file '%s'. %s.\n", path, strerror(errno));
+					log_error(errno, "Error accessing file '%s'. %s.\n", path, strerror(errno));
 					continue;
 					/* LCOV_EXCL_STOP */
 				}
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void state_touch(struct snapraid_state* state)
 				ret = close(f);
 				if (ret != 0) {
 					/* LCOV_EXCL_START */
-					log_fatal(errno, "Error closing file '%s'. %s.\n", path, strerror(errno));
+					log_error(errno, "Error closing file '%s'. %s.\n", path, strerror(errno));
 					continue;
 					/* LCOV_EXCL_STOP */
 				}