Vista security

I am attempting to run a bat file (received as a zipped file - needed to
install some games) but Vista refuses to allow me to open the file. I have
tried right clicking the file to "run as administrator" but this does not
show up in the context menu. I am the administrator. How do I install this
patch please?

You can run any file elevated (as an administrator or even *N
AUTHORITY\SYSTEM*) using these, kinda unoficially released power toy
for Vista (tested on 2008 Server as well) downloadable from here
'Security: New Elevation PowerToys for Windows Vista
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/m...elevation.aspx)

There is also "-Run as different user-" functionality provided b
SysInternals team and their handy toy (mentioned in the previous URI a
well): http://technet.microsoft.com/sysinternals/cc300361

I missed *so* much the "-Command prompt here-" functionality which cam
with PowerToys for Windows (I know this is off-topic, keep reading, thi
is for reference); Instead of downloading around 600KiB lon
*CmdPromptHere.exe*, I used the following registry settings for al
operating systems until Vista (works on x64 architectures, as well):

Code
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Cmd]
@="&Command prompt"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Cmd\command]
@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,57,00,49,00,4e,00,44,00,49,00 ,52,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,\
00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,63,00 ,6d,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,\
78,00,65,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,2f,00,75,00,20,00,2f ,00,6b,00,20,00,63,00,64,\
00,20,00,2f,00,64,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Cmd]
@="&Command prompt"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Cmd\command]
@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,57,00,49,00,4e,00,44,00,49,00 ,52,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,\
00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,63,00 ,6d,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,\
78,00,65,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,2f,00,75,00,20,00,2f ,00,6b,00,20,00,63,00,64,\
00,20,00,2f,00,64,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,00,00


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VLaaD

Thanks - will try your suggestions


"Geoff" <> wrote in message
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>I am attempting to run a bat file (received as a zipped file - needed to
>install some games) but Vista refuses to allow me to open the file. I have
>tried right clicking the file to "run as administrator" but this does not
>show up in the context menu. I am the administrator. How do I install this
>patch please?
>
>
>