Comments on: Create Shortcuts For Trusted Programs To Bypass Windows 7 UAC Check

By: Robert Markovo

Robert Markovo — Wed, 04 May 2011 09:10:00 +0000

instead of doing these we can set the UAC to some low level, this will enable you to launch any application you like without the prompt, but will show the prompt when a program launches something. This way the malwares will not be able to execute anything, and you will be able to do it all. You can even create your own custom app if you wish to.

By: Ronrobert

Ronrobert — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:19:00 +0000

Don’t put the quotation marks around the task name after the tn
Shortcut should be:C:WindowsSystem32schtasks.exe /run /tn Temp
Not: C:WindowsSystem32schtasks.exe /run /tn “Temp”
This will start my task called Temp
Hope this helps.

By: Viki

Viki — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 10:15:00 +0000

Please try and use this free software that automatically bypasses the UAC for specified programs - Allow Any Program To Bypass UAC Prompt Easily With UAC Trust Shortcut Utility

By: Abe Hendin

Abe Hendin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:43:20 +0000

I too had the cmd window flash, which reports “ERROR: The system cannot find the file specified.” My task starts the program just fine, but the shortcut did not. It finally hit me that Win 7 didn’t like the “smart” quotes that came over when pasting your link format above:
C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /tn “MyProgramExe”
In fact, if you look closely in the target box, you can see that the quotes as pasted are different from a dquote as typed there. You may want to change your text there to use CHR(34) instead of smart quotes, or advise retyping instead of pasting.

Now, this doesn’t resolve the UAC prompt if the program in question is started by double-clicking a file… even if the program was already started without UAC by the task scheduler trick. Ho hum. Sadly, I can’t pull a fast one and pass the document pathname as an argument to the scheduled task by changing the file association to the shortcut. More thinking to do!

By: Viki

Viki — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:22:00 +0000

When I first worked on it, I had a similar issue. It was because the shortcut wasn’t properly configured. Make sure you input the correct “program name” in the shortcut.

That resolved it for me, so please try it and let me know if it works out!

By: Csblackwell

Csblackwell — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:52:00 +0000

Tried it, but all I get is a flash of the cmd window. The task runs ok from the scheduler, but not from the shortcut. Running Win 7 ultimate. Any ideas.

csblackwell@suddenlink.net

By: Viki

Viki — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:43:59 +0000

That’s a good idea TBJwolf. You could also add them to the quick launch toolbar.
If you miss the good old quick launch toolbar from XP and Vista – we have written a short tutorial to enable quick launch toolbar Windows 7.

By: TBJwolf

TBJwolf — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:39:44 +0000

I’m sure that everyone has about half a dozen or so trusted programs. What I would like to try would be to rather than have the shortcuts on the desktop, have them in a folder that sits in the taskbar. When this folder is clicked on, have a jumplist appear containing the shortcuts that have been created in the task scheduler UAC bypassed. I guess I could create a restore point and give it a shot.