TweakUAC Alternatives

TweakUAC is described as 'Gives you more power over the Windows User Account Control (UAC) settings. In addition to enabling or disabling the UAC, TweakUAC also allows you to select the “quiet” mode for UAC. In the “quiet” mode, the security of UAC is fully enabled, except that when you use' and is a System Tweaker in the os & utilities category. There are three alternatives to TweakUAC for Windows. The best TweakUAC alternative is ElevatedShortcut, which is free. Other great apps like TweakUAC are Skip UAC Prompt and UAC Pass.

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    It can create the special shortcut which will suppress UAC prompt in case if it is usually appeared, i.e application will be started elevated without any prompt.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • ElevatedShortcut is the most popular Windows alternative to TweakUAC.

    • ElevatedShortcut is the most popular free alternative to TweakUAC.

    • ElevatedShortcut is Free and ProprietaryTweakUAC is also Free and Proprietary
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    To launch some applications when the system starts, simply add the shortcuts to the Startup folder. These programs will run with normal user privileges, and that’s fine in most cases, but Windows doesn’t allow elevated tasks at startup.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    In a Windows protected with UAC, it creates shortcuts that run elevated without UAC prompt, by drag & drop of your file, shortcut or application on it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • UAC Pass is the most popular Open Source alternative to TweakUAC.

    • UAC Pass is Free and Open SourceTweakUAC is Free and Proprietary
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