Run as Admin without Prompt Every Time
In Windows 7 (and I believe Vista) if a program needs to be run as though the administrator was logged in your are prompted every time whither you wish to continue. You cannot disable this feature but there is a work around.
It involves creating a scheduled task to run the application with highest privileges then creating a shortcut to run the task
Create the Scheduled Task Item
Open up Task Scheduler through the start menu search box ( just type task and select ‘Task Scheduler’), and then, when Task Sceduler is open, click the “Create Task” link on the right hand menu.
The first thing you need to do is give the task a short, simple name, preferably without any spaces in it. Then check the box for “Run with highest privileges” (very important)
Now switch to the Actions tab, click the New button, and then browse down to the application that you are trying to start.
Close out of the dialogs by clicking the OK button, which should create the new task in the list. You can right-click on it and choose “Run” at this point, simply to make sure that it launches the application the way you were expecting.
Create the Shortcut to Start the Task
We need to add a command that will run the scheduled task, passing in the name of the task that we used. Right-click an empty spot on your Desktop and select New > Shortcut. In the Create Shortcut window enter the following text: C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /tn “TaskName” Where “TaskName” is the name of the task you chose above. Note: Include the quotation marks around the TaskName or it will fail to run the task. Click Next and then enter a name for the shortcut. When done, click Finish.
Whenever you want to run the specified program, simply double-click on the shortcut you’ve created without requiring prompts or complete Administrator access.
You can also further customize the shortcut with an icon or other settings if you wish. To change the icon check the properties of the shortcut created by the program (the one which prompts you to proceed as administrator). Click ‘Change Icon’ to establish the location of the icon file (usually the program itself) and copy thid to the the properties of the new shortcut.
Windows 7 – Disable and Clear Taskbar Jump History
Computer Business Services has recently started installing Windows 7 on it’s computers. We have come across a number of quirks, problems and differencences fom Vista and XP systems.
I’ve never been a fan of history always being displayed especially on a computer used for business so I was not happy when recent application file history appeared with a right mouse click of the minimised application in the task-bar. Here is a Windows 7 tip that tells you how to disable the Taskbar Application jump history from appearing;
- Right-Click a clear area of the task-bar and then Click Properties.
- In the dialog box that appears Click the Start Menu tab, and then Uncheck the box for’ Store and display recently opened items in the Start menu and the taskbar’.
- Once you Click ‘Apply’ ALL jump list recent history will be erased.
It’s as simple as that when you know how. This is a Windows 7 tip supplied by Computer Business Services.