C++: Run program as administrator

Question

Some programs are automatically asking for administrator rights when you run them. These programs are marked with a little shield in the bottom right corner:
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Answer 1

You must be probably looking for CreateProcessAsUser or CreateProcessWithLogonW function.

There is one more option like this:-

• Go to the project's Property Pages dialog box.
• Now open the Configuration Properties node.
• Next you have to open the Linker node.
• then select the Manifest File property.
• Finally modify the Enable User Account Control (UAC), UAC Execution Level, and UAC Bypass UI Protection properties.

Soemthing like this:

And as Syam correctly mentioned in the comments the solution could be to embed a manifest in the executable.