XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: mickeydavis078XX@ptd.net   
      
   On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 06:47:19 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:   
      
   >> a "User Account Control" prompt asks me "Do you want to allow   
   >> this app to make changes to your device?"   
   >   
   > Not here ...   
      
   Instead of   
   1. Windows + r   
   2. cmd   
   3. control + shift + enter   
   4. Yes to UAC   
   5. This opens an administrator command prompt window   
      
   The three Windows tricks below reduce those steps to about half.   
   1. Windows + r   
   2. admin   
   3. enter   
   4. This opens (a red) administrator command prompt window   
      
   Here's exactly how to set it up so that it works perfectly on any PC.   
      
   1. Create a new task by typing "taskschd.msc" in the Windows Run box.   
      Name = admin   
      [x]Run with highest privileges   
      Action = Start a program = %comspec%   
      Arguments = /k "cd /D "C:\Windows\System32" & echo admin: & color 4f"   
      
   2. Point to that new task using a Windows shortcut placed anywhere.   
      Name = admin.lnk   
      Target = C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /TN "admin"   
      Start in = %windir%\system32   
      Comment = %comspec% /k "cd /D "C:\Windows\System32" & echo admin: & color   
   4f"   
      
      When you test this shortcut, it should bring up a red admin command   
      window (without popping up a UAC request for you to press Yes to).   
      
   3. Create a Windows Run box command in the Windows system registry.   
      HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\   
      Rightclick on "App Paths" to create a "New key" named "admin.exe"   
      String Value Data = C:\wherever-you-put-the-shortcut\admin.lnk   
      
   Now when you want to enter an admin command prompt, you can just type   
   "admin" + "enter" into the Run box which is pinned to your taskbar.   
      
   If you can make it even fewer steps, please let me know how (as that's the   
   most efficient way to bring up an admin window I can think of for now).   
      
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