{"id":335,"date":"2008-06-17T13:18:23","date_gmt":"2008-06-17T07:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2021-05-31T15:44:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T10:14:45","slug":"run-programs-elevated-without-getting-the-uac-prompt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/run-programs-elevated-without-getting-the-uac-prompt\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Run Programs as Administrator (Elevated) without UAC Prompt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, I came across a brilliant tip<\/a> on how to run programs elevated without getting the User Account Control (UAC) prompt. This can be done without turning off the UAC and hence it does not compromise system security.<\/p>\n

How to Run Programs elevated without UAC Prompt<\/h2>\n

You can run apps elevated (as administrator) without getting the UAC elevation prompt when logged in to an administrator account. The trick to bypass UAC is to create a scheduled task (with highest privileges) for each program that you want to run, and then invoke the scheduled task item manually<\/a> using schtasks.exe<\/code>. The following instructions apply to all versions of Windows, including Windows 10.<\/p>\n

Step 1:\u00a0Creating a Scheduled Task<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Launch Task Scheduler (taskschd.msc<\/code>)<\/li>\n
  2. Right-click Task Scheduler Library category in the left, and choose New Folder<\/b><\/li>\n
  3. Name the folder as MyApps
    \n
    \n<\/b><\/li>\n
  4. Select the MyApps<\/b> folder<\/li>\n
  5. In the Actions<\/b> pane on the right, click Create Task\u2026
    \n
    \n<\/b><\/li>\n
  6. Type a name for the task that you want to create.
    \n<\/li>\n
  7. Enable the option Run with highest privileges<\/b>. This is the most important step.<\/li>\n
  8. In the Action<\/b> tab, click New<\/b><\/li>\n
  9. Click Browse\u2026<\/b> to select the program (Example: Regedit.exe<\/i>) you want to run and mention the parameters required if any, for the application. For example, to execute a .reg file, select regedit.exe<\/code> and mention the parameter as \/s filename.reg<\/code> with the full path.To run Services MMC applet, browse and select MMC.EXE<\/b> and type services.msc<\/b> in the Add arguments (optional) <\/b>field.\n

    Some of the programs that I use frequently are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Application<\/b><\/td>\nCommand-line used<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Services MMC<\/td>\nmmc.exe services.msc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Device Manager<\/td>\nmmc.exe devmgmt.msc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Registry Editor<\/td>\nc:\\windows\\regedit.exe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Admin Command Prompt<\/td>\nc:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    RELATED:<\/strong> [Fix] UAC asks for password even if logged in as administrator<\/a><\/div>\n

    Step 2: Launching a Scheduled Task item manually<\/h3>\n

    To run a scheduled task item manually, use the schtasks.exe<\/a> command-line tool that comes with Windows. For example, to launch the Services console task that you already created, use the following command:<\/p>\n

    SCHTASKS.EXE \/RUN \/TN \\MyApps\\SERVICESMMC<\/pre>\n
    Note:<\/b> Where SERVICESMMC<\/b> is the Taskname (see Fig 1<\/b>). You’ll need to enclose the task name within double-quotes if the task name contains blank spaces in between. (Example: SCHTASKS.EXE \/RUN \/TN \"Name of the Task\"<\/i><\/code>)<\/p>\n
    To launch the Registry Editor task, run the following command:<\/p>\n
    SCHTASKS.EXE \/RUN \/TN \\MyApps\\REGEDIT<\/pre>\n
    (If the folder name \\MyApps\\<\/code> is not mentioned, you’ll see the error message ERROR: The system cannot find the file specified<\/strong> when attempting to run the task.)<\/em><\/p>\n
    If you’ve created the Tasks in the Task Scheduler library (without creating a separate folder in Tasks Scheduler), you can simply mention the task name like below:<\/p>\n
    SCHTASKS.EXE \/RUN \/TN task_name<\/pre>\n
    Creating desktop shortcuts to run each Task<\/h4>\n
    You can create a desktop shortcut for each scheduled task item you’ve created earlier. Right-click on the Desktop and choose New, Shortcut. Type the command-line (e.g., SCHTASKS.EXE \/RUN \/TN \\MyApps\\REGEDIT<\/code>). Mention a name for the shortcut and click Finish<\/b>.<\/p>\n
    Run the task minimized<\/b><\/p>\n
    As Schtasks.exe is a console utility, you’ll see the Command Prompt window opening and closing quickly whenever you run the shortcut. So, you may configure the shortcut to run in a minimized window state, in the shortcut properties.<\/p>\n
      \n
    • Right-click on the shortcut and click Properties<\/b>.<\/li>\n
    • In the Run<\/b> drop-down options, choose Minimized<\/b><\/li>\n
    • Click OK<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      Note:<\/b> In the shortcut properties, you may want to click Change Icon<\/b> and assign an appropriate icon for the shortcut. The icons should be present inside the executable itself, in most cases. For Regedit.exe, browse to Regedit.exe and choose an icon. You may also browse the shell32.dll<\/b> and imageres.dll<\/b> files for additional icons.<\/p>\n
      Here are the shortcuts that I created to launch frequently used programs in my system, and I’ve moved them to the Taskbar Toolbar for easy access. Note that you can also Pin the shortcuts to the Start menu if you wish.<\/p>\n
      <\/p>\n
      This way you can launch your frequently used programs elevated without getting the User Account Control prompt and without relaxing the security settings of your computer. Note that the above UAC bypass method works only if you’re logged in as administrator and there is no question of privilege escalation issues here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
      Recently, I came across a brilliant tip on how to run programs elevated without getting the User Account Control (UAC) prompt. This can be done without turning off the UAC and hence it does not compromise system security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[581],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-task-scheduler"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":277,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/mapped-drives-not-seen-elevated-command-prompt-task-scheduler\/","url_meta":{"origin":335,"position":0},"title":"Mapped drives not seen from elevated Command Prompt and Task Scheduler","author":"Ramesh","date":"May 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"When you attempt to access a mapped network drive from an elevated or admin Command Prompt or Task Scheduler (with the highest privileges), the mapped drive won't be available. 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