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16 questions linked to/from Force a program to run *without* administrator privileges or UAC?
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Prevent elevation (UAC) for an application that doesn't need it [duplicate]
Having recently migrated from Vista 32bit to Windows 7 64bit, one of my programs now requires admin rights.
I use a rather exotic text editor (Crimson Editor). Although not designed for Vist/Win7 it ...
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Force cmd.exe prompt to run NOT as admin
Related to my other question, I need to be able to run the command prompt NOT as an admin. Whenever I launch a command prompt, either from the Start Menu, or by double clicking the C:\Windows\System32\...
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If a Windows cmd.exe is running with elevated privileges does anything I execute from its prompt also run with elevated privileges?
If my cmd.exe Window says "Administrator" in the title bar, indicating it was started with elevated privileges, does this mean anything I execute from this command window is also run with elevated ...
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Run a program without administrative privileges in Windows 7 [duplicate]
My account in Windows 7 is an administrator account. When I open the Run box (WinKey + R), I am warned, "This task will be created with administrative privileges."
Is there any way to run programs as ...
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"Parameter is incorrect" when using runas with trustlevel after Windows 11 22H2 update
I had a script that needed to run as an administrator but then run a single command in a non-elevated context. I was previously doing it with runas /trustlevel:0x20000 program.exe, but after updating ...
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How to disable "Installer Detection" feature of UAC in Windows 7 Home Premium?
This is a follow-up to my earlier question:
How to force any program to run with no admin privileges in Windows 7?
First, I have no idea why there isn't an option to at least try running any program ...
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Windows 8 Task Manager without elevating?
In Windows Vista and Windows 7, the task manager ran non-elevated, and you didn't face a UAC prompt unless you chose "View Processes of All Users".
In Windows 8 Preview, out of the box the Task ...
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Is it possible to give the full path to an executable in "Image Execution Options\*\Debugger"?
Image Execution Options (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options) with a key named after the executable and a string (REG_SZ) value is known to be ...
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Stop program from asking for elevated privileges: Run As Administrator [closed]
I have a file that, whenever I run it, asks for administrator permissions. How can I disable this so I can use it on other computers?
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Always reject UAC prompt for a specific program
In Windows 10 (Enterprise, version 2004, build 19041), is it possible to always reject UAC elevation prompts for a specific application executable?
This is for a legacy pre-installed internal ...
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Run app as administrator on logon of non-administrative user accounts
We need a program / application to open with local administrative permissions (Process Monitor, so it's non-negotiable) on logon of any given (including non-administrative) user account.
Task ...
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Execute a Windows process with lower privileges [duplicate]
I see many threads here about how can a software be programmed to ask for administrator privileges on Windows, but in my case I have a software installer that runs with administrator privileges and, ...
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How to run Chromium Edge as non admin?
Is there any way to hide the popup?
How to run only Chromium Edge as non admin ?
Without
Lowering your UAC settings to second notch from the bottom
Creating a Standard Account on computer and run ...
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Run application without administration rights in windows
I followed many guides (link1 link2) trying to start an application that requires administration rights (such as defraggler) as a normal user (non admin), but i had no luck. Do you know if these ...
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How to force any program to run with no admin privileges in Windows 7? [duplicate]
I'm looking for a way to force any program on Windows 7 to run with no admin privileges.
If the program actually needs admin privileges, it may throw errors or crash. This is acceptable.
What I'm ...
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