Allow user to open specific program with admin privileges

Question

I have a software that requires admin privileges to run but the standard user needs to work with it. For now I gave the user admin privileges on those computers, but I'm looking for different solutions. I can schedule a task to run on event that the user can trigger, but it runs in the background so the user can't interact with it. any suggestions?

Answer 1

You can use for this purpose App Compatibility Toolkit. Details at https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ask-the-performance-team/demystifying-shims-or-using-the-app-compat-toolkit-to-make-your/ba-p/374947

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hth Marcin

Answer 2

Hello שימי רוזנברג, Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

You can right click the software and select Properties and the option "Run this program as an Administrator". Then check if you can run it as non-admin account.

Based on your description, you can also try using the RunAsTool tool. RunAsTool is a very useful tool that allows users to run programs as administrators without granting standard user administrator privileges. This comes in handy for users who need to perform specific tasks. For more information on how to download and use, please refer to the following links: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/runastool-run-program-as-administrator https://www.sordum.org/8727/runastool-v1-5/ I hope the information above is helpful. If you have any question or concern, please feel free to let us know. Best Regards, Daisy Zhou

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