Automatically Ask for Admin Credentials

Normally if you have a program that requires administrator privileges, you have to manually right-click and choose Run As. Well, using this tip you don't have to!

1. Right-click the desired shortcut you wish to modify, and choose Properties. Note: Writing privileges are required depending on where the shortcut is located. If in which case writing privileges are needed, then refer to Running as a Limited User Part 2 for launching an instance of explorer.exe as an administrator before continuing.

2. In the Shortcut tab, click Advanced.

3. Enable Run with different credentials by placing a check mark next to it. Exit the shortcut properties.



4. The next time you left-click on the shortcut, you will automatically be asked for different credentials:



You can still choose to run as yourself, but be sure to uncheck the option bleow Current user.

That's it! Happy non-admining.