Allow a
program such as SearchEverything to start at logon
without a UAC prompt
Stephen
M Golden
Copyright
© 9 June 2017
Windows 10
1.
Right click the Windows button, select Computer Management > Task
Scheduler > Task Scheduler Library
2.
If a Whitelist folder does not exist, right click on "Task
Scheduler Library" and select New Folder. If one exists, go to step 4
3.
Name it Whitelist (or any name you prefer)
4.
Select the Whitelist folder, then Right-click on Whitelist
5.
Select "Create Task"
6.
Give the task a meaningful name such as WhitelistEverythingUAC
7.
Select "Run with Highest Privileges"
8.
Select the "Triggers" tab
9.
Begin the task "At log on"
10.
Select "Any user" or "Specific user" as appropriate
11.
Make sure "Enabled" (at the bottom-left) is selected
12.
Click OK
13.
Select the "Actions" tab
14.
Select "New…" (it will default to "Start a
program")
15.
In the "Program/script" field, enter %comspec%
16.
In the "Add arguments" field, put
/c start
"everything" "C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe"
/minimized
(If that is the location of the program)
This will start the program minimized.
17.
In the "Start in" field, put C:\Program Files\Everything\ (If that is the location of
the program)
18.
Click OK
At
the next logon, the program should start and run without triggering a UAC
prompt.