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The act of running a process or script with higher usage rights (e.g. Administrator account).

The act of running a process or script with higher usage rights (e.g. Administrator account).

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Elevated Priviliges for Startup Applications in Windows?

Is there any way to configure application that requires administrator privilages (elevation) so it's automatically started with elevated privileges and does not request elevation on every startup? For example, I have Riva Tuner that always starts…
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How can I get the UAC/elevation prompt to remember my local username?

I want to be able to run as a non-admin domain account for normal work and be prompted for elevation when needed. This is fine when not in a domain as the elevation prompt remembers my user name and I just have to enter my password. In a domain…
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Run un-elevated command from an elevated prompt?

Is it possible to run a command without elevated privileges from batch file that was run with elevated privileges?
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How to deny elevation to a program?

Does Windows have an "automatically deny elevation request" list? If a user is a "standard user", it is possible to have Windows automatically deny any elevation requests by changing the ConsentPromptBehaviorUser group policy setting to…
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How do I easily elevate when running a .jar file?

When trying to run an installer Jar file, I am getting an error saying that write access is denied to create a directory under the Program Files folder. Right click -> Run as Administrator is not available on Jar files (I assume because it is…
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How to tell Windows 7 that an application does not need to run with admin rights?

Possible Duplicate: Prevent elevation (UAC) for an application that doesn't need it I am using an application that was written before Windows Vista/Windows 7. Windows has decided that the application needs to run as an admin (i.e., it has the…
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Start elevated command prompt in %UserProfile% directory by default?

When I start an elevated Command Prompt in Windows 7 or Windows Vista, the initial directory is the %SystemRoot%\system32 directory. This is the default Windows behavior, and is not a problem specific to my system, so I'm not expecting some sort of…
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I want to make an item on a Windows 7 Jump List run as administrator

Only occasionally I have to open a Visual Studio project with a VS instance running under admin. This is a little inconvenient because I can't use the short-cut for that project in the VS Jump List. How can I modify the Jump List entry to force VS…
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How to access network shares from an elevated process in Windows 7?

With UAC set to the Default level, it is not possible in Windows 7 to access mapped network folders from an administrative command prompt or any other elevated process. This leads to unwanted errors, e.g. when trying to import a *.reg file that is…
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Windows 8 Task Manager without elevating?

In Windows Vista and Windows 7, the task manager ran non-elevated, and you didn't face a UAC prompt unless you chose "View Processes of All Users". In Windows 8 Preview, out of the box the Task Manager starts elevated every time. How can I…
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Force running a program as non-administrator in Vista

I've just installed, on Vista 32-bit, a program which in my opinion shouldn't require administrator rights. It's not installed in a system directory, and its purpose shouldn't obviously require any special privileges. However, the .exe has a UAC…
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On Windows 10 global hotkeys of nonelevated apps do not work from elevated apps

I run some apps on startup like Greenshot, Winamp, that have registered global hotkeys. But these hotkeys do not work in apps that I run with Administrator privileges, so to use hotkeys I first need to switch to another noneleveted app and this is…
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Allow Standard user to run program requiring UAC elevation

I need a standard or limited Windows 7 user to be able to run an application (Fallout Mod Manager) which requires UAC elevation. I've tried the Application Compatibilty Toolkit, but that did not work as intended. Any Suggestions? I am running…
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Locked out of Admin Account

I created an admin account in windows 7. Did the "Special Accounts" registry edit to hide the admin account. Changed the current logged in user to a standard account and restarted the computer. The admin account is hidden but now I cannot use UAC to…
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In a W10 batch file, how do I retain the current %username% when run elevated?

Sometimes in Windows 10 I want to temporarily grant administrator privileges to a Standard user, like when I'm logged in as that user and want to work without having to enter an admin user's password repeately. In the past I would hardcode the batch…
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