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mojo
Asked: 2020-09-17 10:26:21 +0800 CST

How do I start an elevated process with schtasks.exe?

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GUI vs Command-Line

The task scheduler GUI provides an option to run the scheduled task in an elevated context ("Run with highest privileges"), e.g.

Scheduled Task Properties (emphasis added)

I cannot find a corresponding flag for schtasks.exe. The closest thing I can find is to export an existing task (created with the GUI) with that property set and import it (and potentially modify it later).

Is there another way to create a scheduled task in an elevated process?

uac windows-10 schtasks

1 Answers

  1. The option you are looking for is /RL:

       /RL   level        Sets the Run Level for the job. Valid values are
                      LIMITED and HIGHEST. The default is LIMITED.

    The documentation doesn't indeed mention it, probably by mistake; but the command help (schtasks.exe /create /?) does.

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