Run As Administrator from vbScript

I want to use the "Run As Administrator" functionality of Windows Vista
(UAC), from a vbScript to call any application.
It is possible?

Thanks.

Yes. Here is a sample script!

- - -
Set objSh = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
objSh.ShellExecute "notepad.exe", "" , "", "runas", 1
- - -

See also:

VBScripts and UAC elevation:
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...elevation.html

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com

"Santiago Bruni" <> wrote in message news:354D2163-7D84-484E-BE54-...
I want to use the "Run As Administrator" functionality of Windows Vista
(UAC), from a vbScript to call any application.
It is possible?

Thanks.

Thanks Ramesh!!!
It is possible to pass through the same function User and Password of
Administrator to execute this application?

Regards.

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Yes. Here is a sample script!
>
> - - -
> Set objSh = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
> objSh.ShellExecute "notepad.exe", "" , "", "runas", 1
> - - -
>
> See also:
>
> VBScripts and UAC elevation:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...elevation.html
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>
> "Santiago Bruni" <> wrote in message news:354D2163-7D84-484E-BE54-...
> I want to use the "Run As Administrator" functionality of Windows Vista
> (UAC), from a vbScript to call any application.
> It is possible?
>
> Thanks.
>

Nope. I don't think it's possible, especially in the UAC dialog. Perhaps you can repost this question in WSH groups for any alternate solutions.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com

"Santiago Bruni" <> wrote in message news:046E6BD3-9327-46F0-ACA1-...
Thanks Ramesh!!!
It is possible to pass through the same function User and Password of
Administrator to execute this application?

Regards.

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Yes. Here is a sample script!
>
> - - -
> Set objSh = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
> objSh.ShellExecute "notepad.exe", "" , "", "runas", 1
> - - -
>
> See also:
>
> VBScripts and UAC elevation:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...elevation.html
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>
> "Santiago Bruni" <> wrote in message news:354D2163-7D84-484E-BE54-...
> I want to use the "Run As Administrator" functionality of Windows Vista
> (UAC), from a vbScript to call any application.
> It is possible?
>
> Thanks.
>

In message <046E6BD3-9327-46F0-ACA1-> Santiago
Bruni <> wrote:

>It is possible to pass through the same function User and Password of
>Administrator to execute this application?

Are you trying to bypass the UAC prompt, or run an application with
administrative privileges after a UAC prompt?

If you can handle waiting a minute or two, you can have a scheduled task
that launches a script to look for an external trigger (existence of a
temporary file would be the easiest) that kicks off the elevated
process.

If you wanted something more real-time and don't need to interact with
the desktop, you could write a service to accomplish your goal.