VistaSudo

Sudo is an application which can be used on the command-line or in shortcuts to launch one or more applications as the administrative user. It’s chief benefit is that it can be used easily on the command-line. But it has a secondary trick which is that you can use it to launch multiple apps and only be prompted once (for Sudo itself) for administrator credentials.

RunOnlyOne – Run a single copy of an application – as administrator?

By Joel 'Jaykul' Bennett on 11-Mar-2007

On Windows Vista, the system automatically reserves the Windows’ Logo key + Number key combinations for Quick Launch, which means that you can easily launch any of your Quick Launch applications. That is, to start the first shortcut on your Quick Launch bar, you just press Win+1, and to start the second, you press Win+2 [...]

Posted in Huddled | Tagged Development, RunOnlyOne, Software, VistaSudo

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