check RequireAdmin

[Deye 39]

quoting the help file about #RequireAdmin:

 

"In case system doesn't have elevation mechanism (e.g. disabled UAC) new process will run under the same user as the original."

 

just to be clear about correctnone-correct cases regarding #RequireAdmin:

 

1. if the user is running under a disabled UAC, he wont be able to run as another user with admin rights ?

 

2. using #RequireAdmin and a disabled UAC wont give any message that user hasn't got admin privileges to run.., but then the script continue's (the script needs a routine to figure this out) ?

 

thanks

[JohnOne 1,583]

 

quoting the help file about #RequireAdmin:

 

"In case system doesn't have elevation mechanism (e.g. disabled UAC) new process will run under the same user as the original."

 

just to be clear about correctnone-correct cases regarding #RequireAdmin:

 

1. if the user is running under a disabled UAC, he wont be able to run as another user with admin rights ?

 

2. using #RequireAdmin and a disabled UAC wont give any message that user hasn't got admin privileges to run.., but then the script continue's (the script needs a routine to figure this out) ?

 

thanks

 

1. false.

2.part1 true.

2.part2 don't understand.

[Deye 39]

JohnOne

let me try and rephrase the second part 

since there is no (or - might be) built-in command to check  if UAC is disabled when using #RequireAdmin then the script needs a special routine added to check if it can run as elevated ..(as it necessarily need to be.. - elevated)

thanks

[JohnOne 1,583]

#RequireAdmin does not care if UAC is enabled or disabled, it just requests of the operating system, administrator privileges.

Beyond that, the OS takes care if.

[spudw2k 165]

Without being able to test UAC being disabled, I believe a script with #RequireAdmin will simply not run if it cannot be elevated.  You could always verify this with IsAdmin() like in the help file example for #RequireAdmin.
 

[JohnOne 1,583]

If you are looking to see if script was run with admin, there are some good examples on the forum.

And here's a small one I just found in a christmas cracker.

;#RequireAdmin

MsgBox(0,0, _RunningAsAdmin())

Func _RunningAsAdmin()
    $tmp = @ProgramFilesDir & "\" & @ScriptName & ".tmp"

    $Success = FileWrite($tmp, "")
    FileDelete($tmp)

    Return $Success
EndFunc   ;==>_RunningAsAdmin