Windows 10 needing admin to run Send commands?

[spoolin1]

Did something change between windows7 and windows10 that you have to run as elevated rights in order to use send command?

 

Send("some text or key strokes here")
^this works fine on Win7 & WinServer2008  but on Win10 the cursor will just stop blinking and no text is sent to textbox.

 

#RequireAdmin
Send("some text or key strokes here")

This will work if logging in as admin. 

 

All other autoit commands work great just Send or controlSend doesn't want to work.

Im writing scripts for myself and others in my group at work and not allowed to be local admins so trying to figure out a workaround.
Has anyone else seen similar problems with Windows 10?   

 

 

 

 

[jdelaney]

Everything depends.  If the application you are performing the 'Send' at is running with Elevated Permissions (example: right click an exe, run as administrator), your script/scite must also run elevated to interact with it.

This is the same in win7, as is in win8.* as in win10, as in any server version 2k*...probably also XP and the older stuff as well.

Edited April 11, 2019 by jdelaney

[spoolin1]

Thanks for the feedback jdelaney.   I'm needing to run scripts as standard user, the script is sending text or keystrokes to another application that is also being ran as a standard user.  I'm compiling the scripts as a standard user aswell.  It hunch is that the autoit send command is being blocked by some security software.  Or maybe more like security software is blocking any type of script or macro from sending keys to other applications.  I have a Logitech G13 that has a qucikmacro text record and playback function.  This worked great in windows 7 but now with 10 the macros will record but not play back, all other fuctions of G13 ar working great.  Ive tried some other script and macro tooks.  Auto hotkey and pullovers macro creator text/keys are being blocked as well.

The big unknown now is whether security software is requiring local admin rights in order to allow text and key sends or did microsoft make this a requirement for Win10.  I dont see these problems on my home personal windows 10 machines.  I also dont have the security software installed and am not on a domain controller at home. I've tried local admin and local standard accounts with autoit scripts and they work great, so does the G13.   Im thinking a good next step would be to ask if the security software could be temporarily disabled in order to troubleshoot if one of them are the culprit.    

Edited April 16, 2019 by spoolin1

[jdelaney]

Add in logging to see what is passing or failing.   add a msgbox at the top of your script to see if it's being stopped by your security software

[jchd]

It's known that typical Logitech enhanced keyboards driver create issues with cut/paste and such operations in some situations. I had to get rid of the G15 driver under W7 for everything to work normally again.

I have no clue if this is also the same case with G13 and W10, so read me with some salt at hand.

[rfxcasey]

Did the OP ever get this sorted, I'm having this issue?

[ad777]

@spoolin1

• try ControlSend:(local user - Win10)

$ret = ControlSend("Untitled - Notepad","","Edit1","hello")
if $ret = 0 Then MsgBox(0,"","window/control is not found.")
if $ret = 1 Then MsgBox(0,"","window/control found.")

if it return 1 but not send that mean there is issue,

 

 

Edited January 26, 2022 by ad777