Bypass Windows UAC prompt

Question

Hello, I have two application A and B will run on Windows. Application A run with normal permission and application B will run with administrator permission.

When I launch application B from application A, Windows always shows a prompt to get accept run B from user.
I got understand that this is security feature of Windows (UAC).

Do we have any C++ API for accept (yes) to UAC consent prompt and API for input user credential for UAC credential prompt?

I try found but not see any document talking about this.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi Quang Nguyen,

It's not allowed to bypass the User Account Control for security reasons. However, you can give a try to runas if you want the application to run as administrator.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012/cc771525(v=ws.11)

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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