User Account Control or UAC

Show mapped network drives in elevated apps

• regedit
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
• add DWORD EnableLinkedConnections with value 1
• restart your computer or the (Lanman) Workstation service

• http://woshub.com/how-to-access-mapped-network-drives-from-the-elevated-apps/
• https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/0a9e014d-6172-4d93-af0d-347388f2879f/cant-see-network-drives-in-the-open-dialog-box?forum=w8itprogeneral

Elevated app without UAC prompt

• Task Scheduler
• if desired, create a separate folder "NoUAC"
• Create New Task…
  • General:
    • fill in Name
    • check Run with highest privileges
    • in Configure for: choose Windows 10 (of Windows Server 2012 R2)
  • Actions:
    • New…: browse for the Program/script to be executed
  • Conditions
    • Uncheck Start the task only if the computer is on AC power
  • Settings
    • Uncheck Stop the task if it runs longer than:
• New > Shortcut
• Target: C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /RUN /TN "NoUAC\TaskName"