Create+a+Shim

How to Create a Shim to allow a user in Win7 to run a program that ordinarily requires admin credentials to run

This guide is for creating a shim using Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit


 * 1) Launch Compatibility Administrator
 * 2) Right click the **New Database** under **Custom Databases** and select **Create New** > **Application Fix...**[[image:compat1.JPG]]
 * 3) Enter the following values in the **Create new Application Fix** window and then click **Next** twice.[[image:compat2.JPG width="398" height="325"]]
 * 4) Under the **Compatibility Fix** window select **RunasAdmin** and **RunasInvoker** and then click **Next** and **Finish.**

This will create a database containing your compatibility fix. To test it right click the database and select Install. Shims are saved as a .sdb file.