When having User Account Control (UAC) enabled, then all programs that requires elevated access will cause a UAC prompt for consent. The UAC prompt for confirmation can be an annoyance if having a special program that one often uses.
It is possible to avoid the UAC popup dialog if running the program as a Scheduled Task with Administrator privileges. The following steps will create a scheduled task that launches a program, so it automatically gets elevated rights:
- Open the Task Scheduler from Administrative Tools in the Control Panel.
- Choose to Create New Task... in the Task Scheduler Library (Not a basic task).
- On the first fan General give the task a Name and enable the check-box Run with highest privileges.
- On the third fan Actions add a New... action that starts the program.
- If wanting the program to be started when a certain event is triggered, then one can create a new trigger on the second fan Triggers (At Startup, At Logon, etc.).
- Press OK button when done.
Because schtasks.exe is a console utility, then the command prompt window will do a quick flash. This can be solved by creating a shortcut-link to the command-line, and specify on the shortcut-link that it should run minimized.SCHTASKS.EXE /RUN /TN "Name of Task"
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