Create Elevated Shortcut without UAC prompt in Windows 10  

LaUs3r said:

Hi, somehow I cannot get it work to run netsh.exe as a standard user.

My goal:
switch between 2 NICs in my PC - 1 using a VPN connection, the other is connected directly (for gaming). I am currently switching using 2 batch files with the runas /user:administrator command where I have the issue that the script is executed sometimes with a delay of 20-30secs

My steps:
1) As Admin user
- I created a Win10 task "Switch_WAN_to_VPN" following the guide with the following parameters:

• general: use the following user account: standard user (not admin)
• action: cmd.exe /c start "Switch_WAN_to_VPN" "%windir%\system32\netsh.exe" "interface set interface REGULAR enable"

- I tested the task and it works (for the test I put in the general tab the admin account under which the tasks should run)

2) As standard user
- I created a shortcut schtasks /run /tn "Switch_WAN_to_VPN"
- The tasks seems to be executed, but the NICs are not changed.

In order to fix it, I performed the following steps:
(1) I changed the user account under which the tasks should be executed from "standard user" to "admin user".
Then of course I cannot execute the task anymore as standard user (error: access denied) and I need again to use the runas /user:administrator command which gives me the delay.

(2) I changed the command slightly adapting the ":
"%windir%\system32\netsh.exe" "interface set interface REGULAR enable"
"%windir%\system32\netsh.exe interface set interface REGULAR enable"


Any advice?

Hello,

This will not work for a standard user.

You could try the method below, but I believe it no longer works in Windows 10 and Windows 11.

Elevated Program Shortcut - Create for Standard User | Tutorials

Vathanak said:

I need to run USBDeview with extra parameter like this.
"C:\Program Files\usbdeview-x64\USBDeview.exe" /RunAsAdmin /enable "USB\VID_1038&PID_1122\5&24b08b94&0&7"

Then use the tutorial's Option 2 to set this up. Step 8 shows you how to split your syntax between command & arguments.
Not that I understand why you'd need to enable that device so often that setting this up for it is worthwhile.

All the best,
Denis

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