How to run program as administrator at startup.

I have a program that I want to run at startup, but it must be run as
administrator to work. Any ideas on how to accomplish this?
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Crash

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~ Samuel Johnson ~

On 24/03/2011 11:40, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
I have a program that I want to run at startup, but it must be run as
administrator to work. Any ideas on how to accomplish this?

Using the task scheduler should work.
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Rob

Rob wrote:
On 24/03/2011 11:40, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
I have a program that I want to run at startup, but it must be run as
administrator to work. Any ideas on how to accomplish this?

Using the task scheduler should work.

It does. I just figured that out. Thanks!
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Crash

"Something there is that doesn't love a wall, that wants it down."
~ Robert Frost ~

Hi, Crash.

Does this do what you want:

Right-click on the program's .exe (or in the Start menu)
Click Properties
On the Compatibility tab, check the box (at the bottom) that says, "Run this
program as an Administrator".



"Dave "Crash" Dummy" wrote in message ...

I have a program that I want to run at startup, but it must be run as
administrator to work. Any ideas on how to accomplish this?
--
Crash

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."
~ Samuel Johnson ~

R. C. White wrote:
Hi, Crash.

Does this do what you want:

Right-click on the program's .exe (or in the Start menu) Click
Properties On the Compatibility tab, check the box (at the bottom)
that says, "Run this program as an Administrator".

Unfortunately, no. That works fine if I execute the program after
Windows starts, but not if I put it in the Startup folder. I am able to
do what I want using the Task Scheduler, though.
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Crash

I always thought Mensa was a Japanese import.

On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:51:27 -0400, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

R. C. White wrote:
Hi, Crash.

Does this do what you want:

Right-click on the program's .exe (or in the Start menu) Click
Properties On the Compatibility tab, check the box (at the bottom)
that says, "Run this program as an Administrator".

Unfortunately, no. That works fine if I execute the program after
Windows starts, but not if I put it in the Startup folder. I am able to
do what I want using the Task Scheduler, though.

I have seen cases where I can't tell the shortcut in the start menu to
run as administrator, but if I go to the .exe file I can. I consider
that a bit weird :-)

Anyway, possibly you ran int that (or not).

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:51:27 -0400, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

R. C. White wrote:
Hi, Crash.

Does this do what you want:

Right-click on the program's .exe (or in the Start menu) Click
Properties On the Compatibility tab, check the box (at the
bottom) that says, "Run this program as an Administrator".
Unfortunately, no. That works fine if I execute the program after
Windows starts, but not if I put it in the Startup folder. I am
able to do what I want using the Task Scheduler, though.

I have seen cases where I can't tell the shortcut in the start menu
to run as administrator, but if I go to the .exe file I can. I
consider that a bit weird :-)

Anyway, possibly you ran int that (or not).

Nawp. I tried it with two programs, and they both ran as administrator
either directly or from the shortcut, but neither ran at startup in the
Startup folder. I figure those must execute before anybody is logged on.

For the record, what I want to do is start the W32Time service at
startup. It is no longer a problem because I wrote a scheduled task to
do it. I'm just exploring options, like starting a third party time sync
utility (abouttime.exe).
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Crash

"It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory."
~ W. Edwards Deming ~

On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:05:59 -0400, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:51:27 -0400, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

R. C. White wrote:
Hi, Crash.

Does this do what you want:

Right-click on the program's .exe (or in the Start menu) Click
Properties On the Compatibility tab, check the box (at the
bottom) that says, "Run this program as an Administrator".
Unfortunately, no. That works fine if I execute the program after
Windows starts, but not if I put it in the Startup folder. I am
able to do what I want using the Task Scheduler, though.

I have seen cases where I can't tell the shortcut in the start menu
to run as administrator, but if I go to the .exe file I can. I
consider that a bit weird :-)

Anyway, possibly you ran int that (or not).

Nawp. I tried it with two programs, and they both ran as administrator
either directly or from the shortcut, but neither ran at startup in the
Startup folder. I figure those must execute before anybody is logged on.

For the record, what I want to do is start the W32Time service at
startup. It is no longer a problem because I wrote a scheduled task to
do it. I'm just exploring options, like starting a third party time sync
utility (abouttime.exe).

That seems a good approach.

A bit OT: I vaguely remember people describing a way to get a program to
run as Administrator without being bothered by UAC. You put it in the
Task Scheduler with "highest privileges" and then run it from inside the
scheduler. That seems pretty awkward, so it must've been needed to solve
some problem that I no longer recall.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:05:59 -0400, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:51:27 -0400, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

R. C. White wrote:
Hi, Crash.

Does this do what you want:

Right-click on the program's .exe (or in the Start menu) Click
Properties On the Compatibility tab, check the box (at the
bottom) that says, "Run this program as an Administrator".
Unfortunately, no. That works fine if I execute the program after
Windows starts, but not if I put it in the Startup folder. I am
able to do what I want using the Task Scheduler, though.
I have seen cases where I can't tell the shortcut in the start menu
to run as administrator, but if I go to the .exe file I can. I
consider that a bit weird :-)

Anyway, possibly you ran int that (or not).
Nawp. I tried it with two programs, and they both ran as administrator
either directly or from the shortcut, but neither ran at startup in the
Startup folder. I figure those must execute before anybody is logged on.

For the record, what I want to do is start the W32Time service at
startup. It is no longer a problem because I wrote a scheduled task to
do it. I'm just exploring options, like starting a third party time sync
utility (abouttime.exe).

That seems a good approach.

A bit OT: I vaguely remember people describing a way to get a program to
run as Administrator without being bothered by UAC. You put it in the
Task Scheduler with "highest privileges" and then run it from inside the
scheduler. That seems pretty awkward, so it must've been needed to solve
some problem that I no longer recall.

I spend way too much time figuring out how to get around Windows
features. :-)

--
Crash

English is not my native tongue; I'm an American.

On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:05:59 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
wrote:

For the record, what I want to do is start the W32Time service at
startup. It is no longer a problem because I wrote a scheduled task to
do it. I'm just exploring options, like starting a third party time sync
utility (abouttime.exe).

In the case of W32Time, since it's a standard Windows service, would
you be able to accomplish the task by adjusting its properties in
Services.msc?

Of course, that probably wouldn't help with your third party utility.

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Char Jackson

On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:55:01 -0400, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:05:59 -0400, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:51:27 -0400, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

R. C. White wrote:
Hi, Crash.

Does this do what you want:

Right-click on the program's .exe (or in the Start menu) Click
Properties On the Compatibility tab, check the box (at the
bottom) that says, "Run this program as an Administrator".
Unfortunately, no. That works fine if I execute the program after
Windows starts, but not if I put it in the Startup folder. I am
able to do what I want using the Task Scheduler, though.
I have seen cases where I can't tell the shortcut in the start menu
to run as administrator, but if I go to the .exe file I can. I
consider that a bit weird :-)

Anyway, possibly you ran int that (or not).
Nawp. I tried it with two programs, and they both ran as administrator
either directly or from the shortcut, but neither ran at startup in the
Startup folder. I figure those must execute before anybody is logged on.

For the record, what I want to do is start the W32Time service at
startup. It is no longer a problem because I wrote a scheduled task to
do it. I'm just exploring options, like starting a third party time sync
utility (abouttime.exe).

That seems a good approach.

A bit OT: I vaguely remember people describing a way to get a program to
run as Administrator without being bothered by UAC. You put it in the
Task Scheduler with "highest privileges" and then run it from inside the
scheduler. That seems pretty awkward, so it must've been needed to solve
some problem that I no longer recall.

I spend way too much time figuring out how to get around Windows
features. :-)

LOL!

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Char Jackson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:05:59 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
wrote:

For the record, what I want to do is start the W32Time service at
startup. It is no longer a problem because I wrote a scheduled task to
do it. I'm just exploring options, like starting a third party time sync
utility (abouttime.exe).

In the case of W32Time, since it's a standard Windows service, would
you be able to accomplish the task by adjusting its properties in
Services.msc?

No. That's what I tried first. Setting the start to "automatic" doesn't
start it.
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Crash

Life is short. Eat dessert first.

On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:05:16 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
wrote:

Char Jackson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:05:59 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
wrote:

For the record, what I want to do is start the W32Time service at
startup. It is no longer a problem because I wrote a scheduled task to
do it. I'm just exploring options, like starting a third party time sync
utility (abouttime.exe).

In the case of W32Time, since it's a standard Windows service, would
you be able to accomplish the task by adjusting its properties in
Services.msc?

No. That's what I tried first. Setting the start to "automatic" doesn't
start it.

Good to know, thanks. I think your solution (using Task Scheduler) is
about as simple as it gets, even better perhaps than writing a script
with either the 'sc' command or the 'net start' command.

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Char Jackson

Char Jackson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:05:16 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
wrote:

Char Jackson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:05:59 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
wrote:

For the record, what I want to do is start the W32Time service
at startup. It is no longer a problem because I wrote a
scheduled task to do it. I'm just exploring options, like
starting a third party time sync utility (abouttime.exe).
In the case of W32Time, since it's a standard Windows service,
would you be able to accomplish the task by adjusting its
properties in Services.msc?
No. That's what I tried first. Setting the start to "automatic"
doesn't start it.

Good to know, thanks. I think your solution (using Task Scheduler) is
about as simple as it gets, even better perhaps than writing a
script with either the 'sc' command or the 'net start' command.

A script has the same problem as a shortcut. It needs to be run as
administrator during startup, before logon.

--
Crash

Committed to the search for intraterrestrial intelligence.

"Dave "Crash" Dummy" wrote:

I have a program that I want to run at startup, but it must be run as
administrator to work. Any ideas on how to accomplish this?

You don't say what flavor of win7 you've got...but if it's a business-class
version (Pro/Ultimate/Enterprise) have you considered setting the script up
to execute as a startup script through GPEDIT or as a domain GPO? For
GPEDIT.MSC, navigate to:

Local Computer Policy
Computer Configuration
Windows Settings
Scripts (Startup/Shutdown)

and point the policy to wherever you've stashed the script, which will run
at startup time in SYSTEM context. It will not have access to the desktop
(which hasn't been created when the script runs) so you'll probably want to
redirect any error messages that might be generated to a file somewhere.

Note the difference between a startup and a login script: the startup script
runs at Windows initialization and in SYSTEM context; the login script runs
at login time (do'h!) and in the context of the user being logged in...and,
more to the point of your query, the login script requires UAC consent for
elevation.

One possible gotcha for you: you may find that the startup script runs
before services your script requires (e.g., Windows Update, which is
required for some installations even if they are entirely local) have
completely initialized. That's not necessarily the case but it's something
to keep in mind if things don't work the way you expect.

Joe Morris