runas takes 20-30 seconds to get started

I have a program that I use to script some GUI only programs. I use it to have a one button desktop shortcut with (essentially) the following command:

C:\Windows\System32\runas.exe /user:mycompname\Administrator /savecred "myprogram.exe myscript.ext"

I need the runas since I'm trying to script the easeus todo image backup. Normally, this program requires me to click on a user authorization dialog box, the one that dims the rest of the screen. So, I'm using the runas and Administrator to automate that.

Everything works ok, except when I run this shortcut, there's about a 20-30 second delay as it, apparently, is checking credentials or something. If I run it a second time, just after the first one finishes, then there's no delay. After some minutes, however, there is again a delay on starting it up.

I'm running win10 1903 build 18362.356

Anyone know how to eliminate the delay?

dalchina said:

Hi, is this of interest?
Create Elevated Shortcut without UAC prompt in Windows 10

That was just what I was looking for. I followed all the instructions except I didn't bother to change the icon on the shortcut. I only had one issue, which was easily fixed:

In order to run a program like so,

"program.exe some_additional_program_info"

Instead of having it all in one set of quotes, I had to do it like so,

"program.exe" "some_additional_program_info"

I suspect the quotes weren't really needed since my exe and the argument passed didn't have an spaces in them, but it works. Before that, I had one set of quotes around both parts, which was how I had to do it using runas.

This works much better, and there's no delay, thanks again.