Top "Uac" questions

How can I auto-elevate my batch file, so that it requests from UAC administrator rights if required?

I want my batch file to only run elevated. If not elevated, provide an option for the user to relaunch …

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How to request Administrator access inside a batch file

I am trying to write a batch file for my users to run from their Vista machines with UAC. The …

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Can you force Visual Studio to always run as an Administrator in Windows 8?

In Windows 7, you could go into a programs compatibility settings and check off to always run as an Administrator. Is …

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XAMPP installation on Win 8.1 with UAC Warning

I am trying to install Xampp win32-1.8.2 on Windows 8.1. I get a message saying" Because an activated user account …

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HttpListener Access Denied

I am writing an HTTP server in C#. When I try to execute the function HttpListener.Start() I get an …

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How to run a program automatically as admin on Windows 7 at startup?

I created my own parental control app to monitor my kids activity. The app's only GUI is a task bar …

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Requested registry access is not allowed

I'm writing a tweak utility that modifies some keys under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. All works fine under Windows XP and …

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Cannot access network drive in PowerShell running as administrator

I'm running PowerShell in a Windows 7 x64 virtual machine. I have a shared folder on the host mapped as a …

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Request UAC elevation from within a Python script?

I want my Python script to copy files on Vista. When I run it from a normal cmd.exe window, …

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Java: run as administrator

Is there a way in Java to ask the system to get control over administrator functionality. Of course without doing: …

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