What bugs me from time to time with Vista and UAC is that I cannot directly start data files (like .sln files) elevated – I always have to start the application (like Visual Studio) elevated first and open the solution from there.
So I wrote a little WinForms app that allows to drag&drop arbitrary files on it and starts the associated application elevated.
The bare bones were easy to write, but my WinForms skills suck – so Jörg Neumann added some finishing touches and UI magic to it. So if this is useful for you, feel free to take it as our X-mas present.
Merry Christmas!
UPDATE1: I slightly modified the code – if you don’t want to have an open window around – just keep a shortcut to UacDropPad.exe on your desktop and drag&drop the files you wannt to start elevated on the icon.
UPDATE2: Brock doesn’t like to drag&drop. You can also add UacDropPad to the “Send to” menu – just copy a link to Users<user>AppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsSendTo.
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