Opening "elevate-shim.exe" causes Computer to glitch

[ghost]

Windows Terminal version

1.21.2701.0

Windows build number

10.0.19045.0

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

It looks like a regression, this bug has been reported before in #16009

1. In Windows Explorer, double-click on "elevate-shim.exe".
2. In the UAC prompt window, click "Yes" to grant permissions.

Expected Behavior

No response

Actual Behavior

Same as #16009

[DHowett]

Thanks for filing!

As a note, elevate-shim is an implementation detail. It is not intended to be run directly.

[Zeroes1]

@DHowett If a person accidentally launched it, then now he should suffer? :)

[DHowett]

Yyyyes? People who launch random EXE files with reckless abandon can learn not to do so! 😁

[lhecker]

I suspect this was fixed by #15327 because it fixed the argument passing.

[Zeroes1]

@DHowett @lhecker

As a note, elevate-shim is an implementation detail. It is not intended to be run directly.

Why not use a file without the EXE extension for this? for example elevate-shim.run ?
You run elevate-shim with CreateProcessW (no need EXE extension for start process)

[Zeroes1]

@lhecker

TEST:
if user manually run elevate-shim.exe

terminal-1.21.2701.0 [latest release] - problem
terminal-1.22.2702.0 [latest preview] - no problem
terminal-1.23.2891.0 [latest canary] - no problem

in next version release will be OK?

[lhecker]

Yeah, sounds like it was fixed in that PR then. Thanks for testing this!

Why not use a file without the EXE extension for this? for example elevate-shim.run ?

If this issue comes up more often in the future we could explore that idea. 🙂

[Sinazrp]

I have same problem and I am in middle of installing something important

[zadjii-msft]

A question: why are you directly running elevate-shim? It is an internal helper tool. There's literally no reason to run that yourself directly, right?

[Sinazrp]

Why would a Microsoft-produced application include an executable file that behaves in a way similar to a virus? Why is there an unnecessary .exe file included? I don’t randomly click on executable files, but this is a Microsoft product—I thought we could trust Microsoft. Why is the responsibility being shifted to users instead of addressing this by modifying or removing that .exe file?