How can I open the User Account Control settings from command line

It should be something like control APPLET.cpl, but I am not able to find the applet name. Does anybody know?

John Quest

Posted 2013-04-04T22:07:38.950

Reputation: 85

Answers

C:\Windows\System32\UserAccountControlSettings.exe

Michał Sacharewicz

Posted 2013-04-04T22:07:38.950

Reputation: 1 944

You can also enable and disable via CMD:

Disable:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD  HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v  EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Enable:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD  HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v  EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Martin Toy

Posted 2013-04-04T22:07:38.950

Reputation: 358

1nevertheless, it is very useful! thanks Martin – John Henckel – 2014-09-11T14:45:51.017

Sorry to necro this. But this regkey should not be tampered with. You see that it is a subkey of the path policies, which means there are a policy-settings to change this. (Local Policies\Security Options\User Account Control) – Tom – 2017-08-17T09:07:27.437

4This doesn't answer the question... – Canadian Luke – 2013-04-04T22:47:10.073

I assume you are looking for the command to open the User Account Control applet from the Windows Run command. To do this, in the Run box type useraccountcontrolsettings then click OK to get directly to the User Account Control Settings window.

Jason White

Posted 2013-04-04T22:07:38.950

Reputation: 11

To start from command line:

control nusrmgr.cpl

BloB

Posted 2013-04-04T22:07:38.950

Reputation: 31

This was helpful for opening another control panel. – Kravimir – 2019-09-04T20:26:07.513

1This opens up the User Account page, not the user account controls (UAC). – James Mertz – 2013-04-04T22:48:17.593