Run program as admin without entering credentials? (Automatic Win7 elevation)

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Published on 2010-04-14T09:27:59Z Indexed on 2010/04/14 9:33 UTC
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I'm working on my systems without admin rights, but I'd like to start sysinternals process explorer as full admin to have some debug access on my machine.

Right now I run procexp.exe with parameter /e, which prompts me for admin credentials.

Of course I could use runas, but for this I would need to put my admin passwort in clear text in the corresponding batch file, which is something I don't like to do.

Is there a way to tell windows that this one procexp.exe is allowed to run as admin without needing to enter the credentials?

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