Detect if a script was run with "Run as Administrator" under Vista

[JerryD]

I have a script which performs several installations. It has the #RequireAdmin directive, and works fine under Vista. However, the other day a tech ran the compiled script by right clicking the EXE and selecting "Run as Administrator", and for whatever reason, the script just hung.

As the script works fine if that isn't done, what I'd like to do is to determine if the script was run by right clicking on the EXE and selecting Run as Administrator so that I can put up an error message and exit the script if it's done again.

I tried looking at the system variables, but they don't change. Any other suggestions for how to detect this situation?

Thanks.

Jerry

[Xenobiologist]

Hi,

maybe you can check whether the user loggedin is admin. If not, it was a right-click-run.

Mega

[Paulchen]

I use

;~ #RequireAdmin

#Include <Misc.au3>

$stxt=_Iif(IsAdmin() = 1, "Yes", "no")

MsgBox(0,"Admin rights", $stxt)

[JerryD]

I use

;~ #RequireAdmin

#Include <Misc.au3>

$stxt=_Iif(IsAdmin() = 1, "Yes", "no")

MsgBox(0,"Admin rights", $stxt)

That would probably work if the users weren't in the Administrators group, but when they are, it just always says Yes.

The problem is knowing if it's being run with Elevated Administrator level privledges (not just Administrator level) BEFORE the rights are elevated by the #RequireAdmin directive.

I suspect this is not possible, and I'll just have to put a warning message up first.

Thanks though!