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!

UacDropPad.zip (27.17 KB)

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>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo.

Saturday, December 23, 2006 9:02:32 PM UTC