Open Application with admin privileges without UAC

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Open Application with admin privileges without UAC

Vinit Desai2701 21

One system is in domain and I wanted to open particular application with Admin rights without UAC prompt.

other applications and profile should not get the All admin privileges'. don't want to touch any registry edit, No third party applications.

User will remain Normal domain User account.

kindly suggest the way out.

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Jason Sandys 31,421 Microsoft Employee Moderator

There are many security related reasons why this is generally a bad idea and there's nothing built into Windows to facilitate this in any way (short of creating a script and embedding credentials in the script which is just as bad of an idea).

If this is an absolute must to meet a business requirement, then you have a couple of options to my knowledge:

Figure out why the app thinks it requires admin permissions and address those using a shim or targeted ACL change (or yell at the vendor of the software and have them do this as it's terrible form in general for a user application to require admin permissions).
Buy a third-party product that does selective user elevation on a per-app basis.

Vinit Desai2701 21 Reputation points

2021-12-15T04:53:00.057+00:00

Hi Jason,

Thanks for your reply.

basically one of our system is using Third Party App and that app updated live values in particular Excel fine( Excel Name is Fixed), while system in normal domain account it doesn't updates live data in Excel however the same works fine if it is in Admin account.

I don't wanted to give admin privilege's to profile or change the Group policy.

can you please help me here.
MotoX80 37,696 Reputation points

2021-12-15T15:11:56.76+00:00

Review the NTFS security permissions on the file and folder and grant full control to the domain account.
Jason Sandys 31,421 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-12-15T18:47:32.247+00:00

[+1]. Not sure what you are expecting here. Your issue is specific to the third-party app which means you need to coordinate with that app's developer or perform some analysis to enable the desired/intended functionality. This may be as simple as @MotoX80 calls out but without hands-on analysis, no one can be sure. If you need help with this, you can open a support case, engage MCS, or a third-party consultant or contractor.

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