How to make a program always start with administrative rights?

Some programs, especially utilities, need administrative rights to run correctly (or at all). This isn't the best programming model, but if you have programs like that and you need to run them on Vista, you can set the properties to allow the program to always run as administrator. Here's how:

1. Right click the shortcut icon for the program.
2. Select Properties.
3. On the Shortcut tab, click the Advanced button.
4. Check the box that says "Run as administrator."
5. Click OK.

Now when you use the shortcut to launch the program, it will run as administrator. You'll need to click Continue at the UAC prompt (unless you've disabled UAC).