Noviceatthis Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hello all Apologies if this question has been asked before, but is it possible to run a program requiring administrative privileges from a script without admin privileges (i.e. without using #requireadmin) so far I have resorted to VBS to sort this out and its worked, I was just wondering whether there was an easier way. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators JLogan3o13 Posted March 13, 2013 Moderators Share Posted March 13, 2013 You can run an external program with elevated credentials, if that is what you're referencing. Check out RunAs in the help file (again, the help file is your friend before posting ) "Profanity is the last vestige of the feeble mind. For the man who cannot express himself forcibly through intellect must do so through shock and awe" - Spencer W. Kimball How to get your question answered on this forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noviceatthis Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 thanks for the speedy reply JLogan3o13, but I was thinking more along the lines of putting a function in a script that will restart the script with admin privileges when the function is called e.g. Func attrib() If FileExists("C:\Program Files (x86)\Grade Calculator 2\Grade Calculator 2.exe") Then $p = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Grade Calculator 2\Grade Calculator 2.exe" Else $p = "C:\Program Files\Grade Calculator 2\Grade Calculator 2.exe" EndIf $open = FileOpen(@TempDir & "\admin.vbs", 1) FileWriteLine($open, ' ') FileWriteLine($open, 'set start = wscript.createobject ("Shell.Application")') FileWriteLine($open, 'start.shellexecute "' & $p & '", "", "", "runas", 1') FileClose($open) Sleep(1000) ShellExecute(@TempDir & "\admin.vbs") Exit EndFunc ;==>attrib In the script above iv resorted to using VBS, I was just wondering whether this was possible using Autoit p.s. I had a look at the runas command, would running it as system do the trick?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Use RunAs to rerun your script with the required credentials, then exit the original script immediately after. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noviceatthis Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 thanks, il give that a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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