The User Account Control or UAC basically notifies you before changes are made to your PC – not all changes, but only those which require Administrator level permissions. Whenever you run some programs, you will get to see the UAC Prompt first. Only after you give your consent, will the program run. This is a security feature that is best left at this default behavior. But you may have some programs that you run very frequently and which you trust completely. In such cases then the UAC Prompt could become an irritant.
While you should never disable the UAC prompts for the whole computer, you may want to bypass the UAC Prompt and disable it for certain applications, using the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit. You can read more about this at Changing User Account Control settings.
Run programs bypassing UAC Prompt
If you wish to disable the UAC prompt for specific programs, you can also create elevated shortcut for the program, that will allow you to bypass UAC Prompt and run the program without seeing the UAC Prompt in Windows. This is how you can do it.
Type Schedule Tasks in Start Search and hit Enter to open the Task Scheduler. Under Actions, click on Create Task. Follow this post on how to create a task in Task Scheduler.
Under General tab, give the Task a name, say NoUAC1. Check Run with highest privileges.
Under the Action tab, click on the New button and browse to the folder location of the program executable file and select it. The Action should be Start a program.
Under the Settings tab, ensure that Allow task to be run on demand is checked.
Once all this is done, click on OK. A new Task will be created and you will be able to see it.
Create elevated Program Shortcut
Now you will have to create a shortcut that will run this task.
Right-click on the desktop > New > Shortcut. In the the Create Shortcut wizard, type:
Here NoUAC1 should be replaced with the name for the task that you have chosen. Click on Next and exit the wizard after it runs its course.
Now you can give it an icon of your choice. To do so, right-click on the shortcut > Properties > Change icon. Browse to and select the icon you want.
Now when you click this shortcut, you will be able to bypass the UAC Prompt.
If this is too much work, you can use one of these freeware to create an elevated program shortcut to run specified program bypassing the UAC Prompt.
UAC Trust Shortcut is a freeware that lets you quickly create an elevated shortcut to run programs bypassing the UAC Prompt. It is available for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. You can download UAC Trust Shortcut here. It requires to be installed.
Elevated Shortcut too lets you create a shortcut, which when run bypasses the UAC prompt. You can download Elevated Shortcut from here. It is available for Windows 10/8/7. Its a portable tool that does not need to be installed.
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As you know, towards the end of the Windows 10 installation or setup, Windows setup prompts you to create a user account. Although Windows gives the Administrator user status to this user account, Windows 10 automatically generates another super or elevated Administrator account during the installation and the account is hidden by default due to security reasons.
The built-in Administrator account is usually used to troubleshoot Windows. Unlike the normal Administrator account, this hidden by default or built-in Administrator account runs all programs and tools with admin rights by default, which means that the annoying UAC box will not appear when you attempt to run a program as administrator. This also means that all programs that are launched from this account are running without any restrictions.
There are three ways to enable the built-in or hidden administrator account in Windows 10. You can enable the same via Command Prompt, Local Users and Groups or Local Security Policy.
IMPORTANT: As the hidden Administrator launches applications and tools without any restrictions, it’s wise to enable and use the account only if you know how to use it. Also, we recommend you assign a password to the account as soon as you enable it.
Method 1 of 3
Enable the built-in administrator account in Windows 10
Step 1: Open elevated Command Prompt (Command Prompt with admin rights). To open Command Prompt as administrator, you need to type CMD in Start search box and then simultaneously press Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys. Be sure to simultaneously press all three keys.
When you see the UAC prompt, click Yes button.
Alternatively, you can navigate to Start, All Apps, Windows System (double-click on Windows system folder), right-click on Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator option. Click Yes button when you see the UAC box to open elevated Command Prompt.
How To Run Everything As Administrator
When the elevated Command Prompt is launched, “Administrator” will appear in the toolbar of the Command Prompt (see below picture).
Step 2: In the elevated Command Prompt, type the following command and then press Enter key.
Net user administrator /active:yes
Step 3: Close the Command Prompt. That’s it!
The newly enabled built-in Administrator account can now be accessed by clicking your user account name in the Start and then clicking the Administrator account. This hidden Administer will now also appear on the login screen of Windows 10.
Tip: To disable the built-in Administrator account, simply type Net user administrator /active:no in the elevated Command Prompt.
Method 2 of 3
Enable the hidden administrator account
Step 1: Open Run command box by simultaneously pressing Windows + R keys.
Tip: You can pin Run command to Start by following our how to pin Run to Start menu in Windows 10 guide.
Step 2: In the Run command box, type lusrmgr.msc and then press Enter key to open Local Users and Groups window.
Step 3: Here, in the left-pane, click Users folder to see various account names in the middle pane.
Step 4: Now, double-click on the Administrator entry in the middle pane to open its properties dialog.
Step 5: Under the General tab, uncheck the option labelled Account is disabled, and then click Apply button to enable the built-in admin account. That’s it!
Close the Local Users and Groups window. The enabled Administrator account should be visible on the login screen. Also, you can quickly switch to or sign in to the Administrator account by clicking the user name on the Start and then clicking Administrator.
Method 3 of 3
Enable the hidden administrator account
In this method, we are going to enable the hidden Administrator account using Local Security Policy and this feature (Local Security Policy) might not be available in all editions of Windows 10.
Step 1: Open Run command box. To do so, as you likely know, you need to simultaneously press Windows + R keys.
Alternatively, you can type Run in the Start search box and then press Enter key to open Run command box.
Step 2: In the Run command box, type secpol.msc, and then click the OK button to open Local Security Policy.
Step 3: In the left pane of Local Security Policy window, click Local Policies, and then click Security Settings.
Step 4: On the right-side, look for the policy entry named Accounts: Administrator account status, and then double-click on the same to open its Properties.
Step 5: Under the Local Security Setting tab of the opened Properties, select the option titled Enabled, and then click Apply button to enable the hidden Administrator account.
That’s it! Good luck.