UAC Pass Alternatives

UAC Pass is described as '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' and is an app. There are three alternatives to UAC Pass for Windows. The best UAC Pass alternative is ElevatedShortcut, which is free. Other great apps like UAC Pass are TweakUAC and Skip UAC Prompt.

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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

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    • Windows
     
    • ElevatedShortcut is the most popular Windows alternative to UAC Pass.

    • ElevatedShortcut is the most popular free alternative to UAC Pass.

    • ElevatedShortcut is Free and ProprietaryUAC Pass is Free and Open Source
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    TweakUAC 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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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

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    • Windows
     
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