Super Admin Launcher (SAL)

[roob]

Hi, I created this simple utility that lets you launch programs with elevated privileges without any UAC prompt. It uses some functions from LarsJ's FileExplorer (https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/203313-automating-filewindows-explorer-and-desktop).
If you want to compile it, you need to download FileExplorerAndDesktop.
Please note that a scheduled task is required, and if you want to run it from the command line, you also need the PATH environment variable set. For this reason, installing it's recommended.

Update: the installer has been removed. I've added  "create task.ps1" to create the scheduled task, and "add to user PATH.ps1" to set the PATH variable. Update 2: added config.ini.

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🚀 Super Admin Launcher (SAL)
Launch anything. No UAC prompts.

✨ This utility lets you launch any programs with elevated privileges without triggering any UAC prompts.
Simply select your files, press the hotkeys, and they run as admin automatically.

How it works:
- The script intercepts the files you select with the keyboard or mouse.
- When you press the hotkeys, it triggers the SuperAdminLauncher task, which runs Launcher.exe with admin rights. This program will execute the selected files with elevated privileges. No UAC prompts.
- Select multiple files at once by holding ctrl.
- Default hotkeys:
  - Win + Alt + Left Mouseclick
  - Win + Alt + R 
- You can change the hotkeys in config.ini. Avoid keys like ctrl (already used by windows for multiple selections) and shift (also used for file selections).
 You can find the hexadecimal values for the keys here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/inputdev/virtual-key-codes
- Super Admin Launcher Resident is the tray-resident script.
- Super Admin Launcher Container allows you to launch programs by dragging and dropping files onto it. You can find it on desktop.
- You can also use Super Admin Launcher by a (non admin) command prompt:
  - Type sal <filename> (absolute path is resolved automatically).
  - Or drag & drop a file into the command prompt after typing sal

⚠️ Warning
This utility is very simple but powerful. It bypasses the UAC prompts, so only run files you trust and avoid using on downloaded files without verifying them. Misuse can compromise your system. Use responsibly.

 

🎖️ Credits
This utility uses the GetIShellBrowser(), GetShellInterfaces() and GetFiles() functions from FileExplorer and Desktop au3 files of LarsJ (https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/203313-automating-filewindows-explorer-and-desktop) to determine which files are selected.

 

🐙 Github: https://github.com/roob-p/SuperAdminLauncher

 

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Super Admin Launcher (SAL).zip

Edited September 8 by roob
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