The 'New Action' window will be opened.Now tick the checkbox named 'Run with highest privileges':.You can also fill the description if you want. In my case, I will use 'Regedit(elevated)'. Pick some clear name like 'App name - elevated'. On the General tab, specify the name of the task. A new window 'Create Task' will be opened.On the right, click on the link Create task:.
You can repeat the steps for any app you want to launch elevated.Ĭreate a shortcut to run apps elevated without a UAC prompt in Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. In the tutorial below, I will show how to make Regedit run elevated without a UAC prompt. The Task Scheduler has a graphical MMC version (taskschd.msc) which we will use. To bypass the UAC prompt and start an app elevated, you need to create a special task in the Windows Task Scheduler which allows executing apps with admin privileges.
