mcb247 Posted December 7, 2011 Posted December 7, 2011 My program is executed on Win7 via right-click “Run as administrator”. However, I need this program to launch a .vbs file that runs as the currently logged on user. Using this: $RunCommand = ("C:\Folder\MyScript.vbs") RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & $RunCommand) the .vbs runs as the admin account, but it must be run as the currently logged on user. Suggestions??
BrewManNH Posted December 7, 2011 Posted December 7, 2011 You have to run it as the user or it will always get the credentials of the Administrator that ran it. Unfortunately that's how Windows works, to my knowledge. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator
mcb247 Posted December 8, 2011 Author Posted December 8, 2011 You have to run it as the user or it will always get the credentials of the Administrator that ran it. Unfortunately that's how Windows works, to my knowledge.Ugh.. I need a certain part of the program to definately "Run as admin" otherwise UAC prevents it. If I wrap the .vbs into another .exe and call that, I presume it would still kick off as admin not the current user?
JohnOne Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Am I wrong in thinking RunAsWait() would be the solution? AutoIt Absolute Beginners Require a serial Pause Script Video Tutorials by Morthawt ipify Monkey's are, like, natures humans.
mcb247 Posted December 8, 2011 Author Posted December 8, 2011 Am I wrong in thinking RunAsWait() would be the solution?That requires passing a hardcoded username/password. Unless leaving it blank means "use the currently logged in user" ?? I'm starting to think I need to make the function that requres admin rights a seperate .exe and have my main program launched in user context.
JFX Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Take a look at Ascend4nt excellent _RunWithReducedPrivileges
mcb247 Posted December 12, 2011 Author Posted December 12, 2011 Take a look at Ascend4nt excellent _RunWithReducedPrivileges Brilliant! Thanks.
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