Raising admin rights on Vista

[Trevor DeVore]

On Sep 1, 2008, at 6:42 AM, Eric Chatonet wrote:

> 2. Is there a way to raise privileges directly using a shell command  
> or something else on Vista? *
> Because this way of doing (as does any installer) would be by far  
> preferable...

Hi Eric,

You can tell an exe to request admin privileges by altering the  
manifest file in the exe. I have some instructions for doing this here:

<http://revolution.screenstepslive.com/lessons/567-Adding-a-Windows-Vista-Manifest-To-a-Revolution-Executable 
 >

You can also use a VBScript to request that something be run with  
admin privileges. I have some code where I put the following in a vbs  
file and run it. In my case I am running another vbs file. The key  
param is "runas". You might also be able to launch another exe this  
way. The contents of the vbs file is:

CreateObject("Shell.Application").ShellExecute "wscript.exe", "C:\Path 
\To\File.vbs", "", "runas", 1


Regards,

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Trevor DeVore
Blue Mango Learning Systems
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