On Windows 8.1, the following registry change allowed a user with Administrator privileges to launch a particular application without the User Access Control
popup warning about changes being made to the computer:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers]
"C:\\path\\to\\app\MyApp.exe"="RunAsInvoker"
For example, to open Registry Editor
or merge .reg files with the UAC prompt:
"C:\\Windows\\regedit.exe"="RunAsInvoker"
Can't get this to work on Windows 10 – the UAC prompt happens regardless. Is this possible on Windows 10?
Best Answer
You can do this with Task Scheduler. This will be much better than mucking around with the Registry which can go bad all too easily.
Disable UAC for a Specific App
This solution can be used to start programs from Startup folder, if UAC intercept them (non-system programs). Otherwise, UAC will block program (without prompt or any clue what happened) and it will never start.