Windows x64

[VeeDub_1]

Hello,

I'm trying to use runas on W11 x64 to run a program under admin credentials.

The example below is from W10 X64 which has the same behaviour.

This program works with: C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe

But not when the executable is in: Program Files (x86)

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#Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Compression=4
#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=y
#EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#cs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 AutoIt Version: 3.3.16.1
 Author:         myName

 Script Function:
    Template AutoIt script.

#ce ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

; Script Start - Add your code below here

#include <AutoItConstants.au3>

RunAsAdmin()

Func RunAsAdmin()
        ; Change the username and password to the appropriate values for your system.
            Local $sUserName = "Admin"
        Local $sDomain   = "domain"
            Local $sPassword = "password"
        Local $sProgram  = """C:\Program Files (x86)\Advanced IP Scanner\advanced_ip_scanner.exe"""
        Local $Status

        $Status = FileExists($sProgram)
        ConsoleWrite("Program:"  & $sProgram & @CRLF)
        ConsoleWrite("Status: " & $Status & @CRLF)

        ; Run Notepad with the window maximized. Notepad is run under the user previously specified.
        Local $iPID = RunAs($sUserName, $sDomain, $sPassword, $RUN_LOGON_PROFILE, $sProgram, "", @SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED)
        ConsoleWrite("PID: " & $iPID & @CRLF)

        ; Wait 10 seconds for the Notepad window to appear.
    ;    WinWait("[CLASS:Notepad]", "", 10)

        ; Wait for 2 seconds.
    ;    Sleep(10000)

        ; Close the Notepad process using the PID returned by RunAs.
    ;    ProcessClose($iPID)
EndFunc   ;==> RunAsAdmin

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\AutoIt3.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.au3" /run /prod /ErrorStdOut /in "D:\Temp\BE\Runas_Admin\Launch_BTS.au3" /UserParams    
+>13:42:43 Starting AutoIt3Wrapper (21.316.1639.1) from:SciTE.exe (4.4.6.0)  Keyboard:00000409  OS:WIN_10/2009  CPU:X64 OS:X64  Environment(Language:0409)  CodePage:0  utf8.auto.check:4
+>         SciTEDir => C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE   UserDir => C:\Users\ZEN\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper   SCITE_USERHOME => C:\Users\ZEN\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE 
>Running AU3Check (3.3.16.1)  from:C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3  input:D:\Temp\BE\Runas_Admin\Launch_BTS.au3
+>13:42:43 AU3Check ended.rc:0
>Running:(3.3.16.1):C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\autoit3_x64.exe "D:\Temp\BE\Runas_Admin\Launch_BTS.au3"    
+>Setting Hotkeys...--> Press Ctrl+Alt+Break to Restart or Ctrl+BREAK to Stop.
Program:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Advanced IP Scanner\advanced_ip_scanner.exe"
Status: 0
PID: 0
+>13:42:44 AutoIt3.exe ended.rc:0
+>13:42:44 AutoIt3Wrapper Finished.
>Exit code: 0    Time: 2.272

In the example, the path exists, but AutoIt can't see it.

I have found some cryptic info in the help under 'Running under Windows 64 bit Edition', which doesn't help.

After an explanation or some troubleshooting suggestions.

Thanks

VW

[argumentum]

Why """C:\Program Files (x86)\Advanced IP Scanner\advanced_ip_scanner.exe""" ?
Why not "C:\Program Files (x86)\Advanced IP Scanner\advanced_ip_scanner.exe" ?

[argumentum]

..tested in 25H2 and I did not get it do run as admin. In any case, when I need to run as admin, I add it to task scheduler and save the user/pass there.
"UAC Pass - bypass UAC prompts only for specific programs" may just do that you need.

[VeeDub_1]

@argumentum

Why """ because I thought I wanted the path, which has spaces, to being enclosed within one set of "

I tried just using " instead and the path is now found, but the runas statement still doesn't launch the program. PID = 0. Reason unknown.

I'll try UAC Pass.

I actually tried using Task Scheduler (without Autoit) and without success before trying the script above.

Thanks

[VeeDub_1]

@argumentum

The site for UAC Pass is broken, I have managed to find a copy on the Net, but I don't have any documentation.

Before I started trying to write an autoitscript, I tried using the Task Scheduler and I could not get that to work either.

Can I ask what settings that you specify for the Scheduled Task?

[argumentum]

Local $sProgram  = FileGetShortName("C:\Program Files (x86)\Advanced IP Scanner\advanced_ip_scanner.exe")

FileGetShortName() would solve the spaces "problem". But either way, RunAs() did not behave as it used to for me  ( thank you M$ )
I'd have to code something and test it out before telling you to do this or that.
If you run a task in task scheduler "with highest privileges" it should work.

You could rip that part from Control Viewer (mod.). and see if that works for you. Place it in the folder you're having problems with.

By default, I don't install anything in the programs folder because is a pain with the permissions and all.

.. am looking at Advanced IP Scanner and they have a free download but not a free version for me to test. ( I use my own Ping / discover local IPs )
Now, why would you need to run this as admin ?, is just a port scanner.

[VeeDub_1]

@argumentum Advanced IP Scanner was just a test, as it was something on my laptop in Program Files (x86).

The real app of interest is some BMS app which is not widely available and which I do not have installed on my laptop. The app is a 32 bit app running on x64 windows.

[ioa747]

As an example of an x86 application, I chose Au3Info.exe
and it worked normally
without double quotes even though the path has blank characters
Here I must emphasize that at the beginning I entered the 4-digit 'Hello PIN'
and it did not work,
I had to enter the Admin Password

With Windows 11 Pro, Version: 25H2

#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=y

#include <AutoItConstants.au3>

RunAsAdmin()

Func RunAsAdmin()
        ; Change the username and password to the appropriate values for your system.
        Local $sUserName = "ElevateUser"
        Local $sDomain   = @ComputerName
        Local $sPassword = "ElevatePassword"
        Local $sProgram  = "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Au3Info.exe"
        Local $Status

        $Status = FileExists($sProgram)
        ConsoleWrite("Program:"  & $sProgram & @CRLF)
        ConsoleWrite("Status: " & $Status & @CRLF)

        ; Run Notepad with the window maximized. Notepad is run under the user previously specified.
        Local $iPID = RunAs($sUserName, $sDomain, $sPassword, $RUN_LOGON_PROFILE, $sProgram, "", @SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED)
        ConsoleWrite("PID: " & $iPID & @CRLF)

EndFunc   ;==> RunAsAdmin

Output :

Program:C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Au3Info.exe
Status: 1
PID: 6756

 

[VeeDub_1]

@ioa747

It looks like your computer is not in a domain. I wonder if that is the underlying issue for me.

In that the environment I'm operating in is a domain environment and the admin is a domain user.

Another key difference is that the user's computer is not 25H2

Thanks for the feedback.

[ioa747]

I think the Status: 0
has to do with the double quotes,
for starters, change $RUN_LOGON_PROFILE to $RUN_LOGON_NOPROFILE,
as suggested in the help file, which is the light version, to see how it's going

as for the Domain, I don't know anything