- Open the Task scheduler.
- Right click on the "Task Scheduler Library" and create a new folder called "myTasks".
- Right click on the "myTasks" folder and select "Create Task…" (not "Create Basic Task…")
- Enter a name for the task (I always name them "autoElevatePROGRAMNAME". (i.e. "autoElevateProcessExplorer")
- Check the "Run with highest privileges" checkbox at the BOTTOM of the window.
- Click the "Actions" tab at the top.
- Click the "New…" button, and browse and select the ".exe" that you want to run with elevated permissions.
- Click "OK" to create the Task.
- Right click on your desktop and choose "New / Shortcut".
- In the ‘location’ field, paste the following text:
- Click the "Next" button, then give the shortcut a name and click OK.
- Now double-click the shortcut, and your program should start WITHOUT the UAC prompt coming up. (You can put that shortcut wherever you want now.)
C:WindowsSystem32schtasks.exe /RUN /TN "myTasksautoElevatePROGRAMNAME"
(be sure to replace autoElevatePROGRAMNAME with the task name you created.)
Notes:
- I did NOT want to DISABLE User Account Control in Windows 7, I just didn’t want my older applications that I use frequently to always display this message.
- I have only tried this with older programs on Windows 7 that pop up the User Account Control dialog box:
"Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this computer?"
- So far, I have not been able to get this to work for file type associations – meaning, after I have specified a default program to open a specific file type, the UAC warning still pops up. If I change the default program to be the shortcut for that application, it won’t open the file I’ve double-clicked on.
- You will need to do this for each program you want to run with elevated permissions.
- You can backup your tasks by right clicking each one, and selecting "Export" and saving the .xml file.
Google: +"always allow this program to run" +UAC; +"User Account Control"; UAC; +"UAC in Windows 7"; +"program permissions" +UAC
Bing: +"always allow this program to run" +UAC; +"User Account Control"; UAC; +"UAC in Windows 7"; +"program permissions" +UAC