How does one run a program at startup that requires UAC elevation?

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I have a program that monitors malicious files and deletes them. However it needs administrator rights to run. This program runs at startup, however the UAC popup is annoying for end users, especially if it appears every time the user logs in. Anyway, I am wondering if there is a way to run the program with administrator rights at startup with out nagging the user with the UAC popup.

P.S: Disabling UAC is not a good idea because of security issues for the users.

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adminstartupuacelevation
You cannot bypass the UAC prompt. The usual answer is to run your application as a service. – Bill_Stewart

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You cannot. Windows Vista (thankfully) blocked applications on startup that tried to elevate. Windows 7 removed the block; causing applications to try to do it.

Your best choice is to:

  • add a Scheduled Task to run your application "At system startup", and have it run "With highest privileges available"

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