[RESOLVED] How to launch a program from STARTUP in Administrator 'mode'?

[M. David Petrella]

Hi all!

I am trying to launch Steve Emmons' Battery Alarm from STARTUP, when I logon from the USER account (we have only 1 logon, and it does not have Administrator privileges); but it Abends every time ...

No problem ... I merely re-start it as Administrator ...

Can anyone tell me how to do this automatically (so I don't have to run over every time a family member yells at me that it has abend'ed, whenever they restart the computer)?

Thanks in advance!!

[SuperSparks]

This explains what you need to do:

http://www.onetipaday.com/2007/05/06...windows-vista/

[M. David Petrella]

Thanks very much for this pointer ... I did, however, already look at properties expecting to find a "Run as Administrator" check box ... so (since I didn't find one of those) I probably should have, instead, asked:

What does one do when there is no "Run as Administrator" check box in the program properties ?

[M. David Petrella]

Ha!

Found it!

select the COMPATIBILITY tab in the Properties dialogue ... If the Privilege Level is grayed out, then merely press the SHOW SETTINGS FOR ALL USERS button; then you can check the Run as Administrator box, and it will work ...

Just be prepared to always enter the Administrator Password at each Startup

[jdc2000]

More possibly useful links:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/

http://www.vistaclues.com/always-run...administrator/