nallan Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) Hi allI’m farely new to autoit and am trying to write a script that interacts with the windows bootmanager using bcdeditIf I run bcdedit from a command prompt as the normal user I get the followingThe boot configuration data store could not be opened. Access is denied.If I right click on command prompt and choose run as administratorAnd then run Bcdedit, it runs normally.The script code looks as follows #include <Constants.au3> #include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> #include <Array.au3> #include <String.au3> ; main section ; This script requires full Administrative rights #RequireAdmin ; run bcdedit and store list in array Local $iPID = Run(@ComSpec & ' /C bcdedit /enum /v', "c:\", @SW_HIDE, $STDOUT_CHILD) ProcessWaitClose($iPID) Local $SBootManagerList = StdoutRead($iPID) MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "output", $SBootManagerList)I’m not sure where to go to fix this. I tried to use the runas function which seems to fail, possibly because on the windows 8 machines the administrator account is disabled. Anyone got any suggestions on how I can get this to work? Edited March 14, 2014 by Melba23 Added code tags
Moderators Melba23 Posted March 14, 2014 Moderators Posted March 14, 2014 nallan,Welcome to the AutoIt forum. But please pay attention to where you post - the "Examples" section where you started this thread is clearly marked: "This is NOT a general support forum!". I have moved the thread for you, but would ask you to be more careful in future. And when you post code please use Code tags - see here how to do it. Then you get a scrolling box and syntax colouring as you can see above now I have added the tags. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area
Solution Jochem Posted March 14, 2014 Solution Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) this worked for me: #include <Constants.au3> #include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> global $user="userwithadminrights" global $pw="password" global $sCommand = "bcdedit /enum /v" global $iPID = Runas($user, @LogonDomain, $pw, "",@ComSpec & " /c " & $sCommand,"",@SW_HIDE, $STDOUT_CHILD) ProcessWaitClose($iPID) global $sOutput = StdoutRead($iPID) ConsoleWrite($sOutput) Edited March 14, 2014 by Jochem
tanahara Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) First post to help please be gentle, using RunAsWait ( "username", "domain", "password", logon_flag, "program" [, "workingdir" [, show_flag [, opt_flag]]] ) I use mine like this RunAsWait($username, "mydomain", $password, 2, $robocode) An attempt at fixing yours. RunAs($username,"Domain",$password,2,@ComSpec & ' /C bcdedit /enum /v',"c:\", @SW_HIDE, $STDOUT_CHILD) Edit: Darn Jochem you beat me haha GJ sir Edited March 14, 2014 by tanahara
Moderators Melba23 Posted March 14, 2014 Moderators Posted March 14, 2014 tanahara,First post to helpAnd I hope it will not be the last. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area
tanahara Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 tanahara, And I hope it will not be the last. M23 Have been using autoit in my company for a couple years now, figured it was time to stop lurking and share the knowledge as you guys did for I when I started learning.
nallan Posted March 14, 2014 Author Posted March 14, 2014 I can only seem to get the runas function to work if I use the builtin administrator account, which I have to enable. all other accounts even those in the administrators group don't seem to allow access to bcd data store. Is enabling the built in administrator account the only way I'm going to be able to do this? As mentioned If I run cmd using right click run as administrator, gives me access so was hoping I could emulate this operation somehow in a script. I'd rather not enable the administrator account if I can avoid it.
BrewManNH Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 You have other users that are administrators, but you don't want one called administrator? Seems odd to say the least, have you thought about renaming the built-in administrator account name? 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
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