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To skip the UAC prompt and start an app elevated, you need to create a special task in the Windows Task Scheduler which allows executing apps
with admin privileges. The Task Scheduler has a graphical MMC version (taskschd.msc) which we will use.
In the tutorial below, I will show you how to make Regedit run elevated without a UAC prompt showing up. You can use these steps for any app
you want to launch elevated.
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6. A new window titled "Create Task" will be opened. On the "General" tab, specify the name of the task. Pick an easily recognizable name like
"App name - elevated". In my case, I will use "Regedit - elevated".
You can also ll in the description if you want.
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9. The "New Action" window will be opened. There, you can specify the path to the executable (.exe le) of the app you are trying to run
elevated without a UAC prompt. In my case, I will enter
c:\windows\regedit.exe
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Note: by default, apps started by tasks like the one we just created will start with no focus. Their windows might appear in background.
If you are not happy with this issue, then use the following trick:
- In "Program/Script", enter the following:
C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
10. Click "OK" in the "New Action" dialog to apply your settings and close it.
11. Switch to the "Conditions" tab:
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Untick options
- Stop if the computer switches to battery power
- Start the task only if the computer is on AC power
See the following screenshot:
12. Now, click "OK" to close the "Create Task" window. Now that you've created the task, it's a good time to test it. Right click it and select "Run"
from the context menu. It should open the app you speci ed:
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13. Now, to create a new shortcut to launch the app from your Desktop.
Right click the empty space on your Desktop and select New -> Shortcut:
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16. Finally, pick an appropriate icon for the shortcut you have created and you are done:
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That's it. As you can see, creating elevated shortcuts involves a lot of actions and a notable amount of time.
To save your time, you can use Winaero Tweaker. The feature called "Elevated Shortcut" does exactly everything mentioned above and helps you
to create elevated shortcuts quickly.
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3. Create a shortcut using its friendly user interface and you are done!
Also, there is another good thing about Winaero Tweaker. By default Task Scheduler run all tasks at Below Normal process priority. But Winaero's
Elevated Shortcut xes this by running the shortcut at Normal priority.
The same can be done in Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
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This entry was posted in Windows 10 and tagged elevated shortcut, windows 10 bypass uac, windows 10 elevated shortcut, windows 10 skip uac
prompt, Windows 10 UAC on July 26, 2016 by Sergey Tkachenko.
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Gordon
To ensure the program being opened appears in focus I use just “cmd” (without quotes) in the “Program/Script” eld. This way there is only the
briefest ash of the Command Prompt window before the desired program starts, rather than it opening fully rst.
Joe Edwards
Thank you for this very detailed description but I have one further question. Do you have to be logged in as an admin user for it to work? What I
want to do is to allow regular users to run an old program without admin privileges and without having to remember extra passwords every
time.
The computer in question will be used by a number of people and I want to lock it down as tightly as possible but still allow the use of the old
software that falls foul of the UAC.
Hello Joe,
Yep, you need to be signed in as an admin user. This elevated shortcut feature doesn’t work under the limited user.
gunther
how can we convert this scheduled tak to work in a batch le ?
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Can you share more details what exactly you are trying to get?
gunther
Sure i am trying to create the scheduled task by the command line i have tried it by importing the xml created by win aero tweaker and also via
batch the task is created exactly the same and i use the same shortcut yet i am unable to make it open please help me
gunther
Sure i a trying to create a task in via a batch le so that i canj just create a shortcut to that task like u have show here so for example:
SCHTASKS /Create /SC ONSTART /TN “SCCM Connect” /TR /c start “” “‘%PROGRAMFILES%\SCCM Connect\SCCM Connect.exe'” /RL HIGHEST
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gunther
i have changed this to
SCHTASKS /Delete /TN “app.exe_285108820” /f
SCHTASKS /Create /TN “app.exe_285108820” /XML “C:\Users\username\Desktop\TS.xml”
the tasks are created ne but the shortcut does not work ?
Максим
Большое спасибо, Сергей, сделал Elevated Shortcut, все работает.
Пожалуйста!
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