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Hi Guys,

Anyone know how to run a application from powerautomate desktop with admin rights.

Currently when i launch the software manually it prompts users to run as admin.

When running application from powerautomate desktop it doesnt run it as admin therefore program doesnt work.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Nived_Nambiar 18,136 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @christian12

Could you try running this powershell script using Run Powershell script action, Then u can open the application
Pass path of application, adminusername, adminpassword in the respective variables as shown below 🙂

$applicationPath = "C:\Program Files\MyApp.exe"
$username = "Administrator"
$password = "password" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($username, $password)
Start-Process -FilePath $applicationPath -Credential $credential -Verb runAs

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momlo 1,527 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@christian12 Note that you will need to run PAD with elevated permissions too. Otherwise, you will not be able to control the elevated app.

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davidptm56 4 on at

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Hello @christian12 ,

In case it helps,
What I've done to run apps with elevated rights from an unelevated and unattended PAD(interaction with UAC is not an option, but I don't wanna disable it) is:

Create a .bat file that calls the application I want to run.
In my Desktop Flow add the step: Run application 'C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe' with arguments '/K "runas /noprofile /user:{myAdminUserName} {c:\...path to the bat file created in #1\batfile.bat}" && exit'. This invokes my bat file in a new cmd window with the window title 'C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe - runas /noprofile /user:{myAdminUserName} {c:\...path to the bat file created in #1\batfile.bat}'. This is important to correctly identify the right cmd window in next step and don't accidentally leak admin password.
Add step: Send Keys.
Chose target for the sent keys by title or class.
Window Title: see point #2.
Window Class: 'ConsoleWindowClass'.
Text to send: encrypted text direct input. Insert your admin's password here. It'd be unreadable by any user after you save this step.
I always chose send keys as hardware with delay between inputs = 1
Add step: Send Keys.
Target same windows as in step #3
Text to send: '{return}'
That's it. Add waits after if you need them before your flow continues.

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