Windows 7 - Elevated Program Shortcut without UAC Prompt - Create

**Brink** · 06-03-2009

How to Create a Elevated Program Shortcut without a UAC Prompt

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Click here to read the entire tutorial

**Lebon14** · 06-10-2009

Hi there Brink.
I wanted to know if it's possible to do this trick for a software that I use... from the context menu like Notepad ++. I hate the bullcrap that it can't write to my Vista partition and I want to use this workaround for it. Is there a way?

**Brink** · 06-10-2009

Hello Sébastien,

Sure. You would just create the shortcut in this tutorial, then add this to the registry:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Notepad++]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Notepad++\command]
@=”\”C:\\Program Files\\Notepad++\\Notepad++.lnk\” \”%1\”"

Substitute C:\\Program Files\\Notepad++\\Notepad++.lnk\ with the full path that you saved the shortcut at instead though, but leave the same amount of slashes in it.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

**Dave76** · 08-07-2009

This is great for the programs used daily.
Easy to follow and worked the first time.
Thanks

**Brink** · 08-07-2009

You're welcome Dave.

**soulesschild** · 08-08-2009

This was exactly what I was looking for!

brj · 08-19-2009

hi,

i do have problems creating a tasks with a "normal" user because of insufficient privileges. when i create the task with an administrator, then the normal user cannot run the task, because he's not allowed to.

jakob

**Brink** · 08-19-2009

Hello Jacob, and welcome to Seven Forums.

If you mean creating elevated shortcuts for programs, then the only way a non-administrator account can run them is to provide the administrator's password when prompted by UAC. Otherwise a Standard or Guest account will not be able to run anything that requires UAC permission to run as administrator.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

brj · 08-19-2009

hi brink,

thank you for your answer.
I tried to create a simple task running notepad.exe with a standard user. This works as long as i do not check "Run with highest privileges". When i check this option a dialog pops up asking for a user and the password. neither the standard nor the administrator user is accepted.

Actually i wanted to run RMClock as a standard user

jakob

**Brink** · 08-19-2009

You may only be able to run in an administrator account.

**HammerHead** · 09-22-2009

Excellent! Friend. I knew there was a way around that nasty UAC prompt. I also knew that I din't know enough to do it.

Thanks

Windows 7 - Elevated Program Shortcut without UAC Prompt - Create

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