Windows7 Script Problem

[wotsit]

Hi,

I'm hoping somebody can help me please?

I've created a script to install some software, so that it can be deployed through our deployment solution.

The script works successfully on Windows XP desktops, but not on Windows 7 desktops. It will only run on a Windows 7 desktop if you manually log on to it, run a command prompt as the administrator and then run the script from there. It seems like the Windows 7 user access control is preventing the script from running as it doesn't work from a non elevated command prompt.

Is there a way to run a script with elevated administrator rights on Windows 7? I've tried using the runas command, but it doesn't seem to work.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
H

 

[cdogg]

You are correct that UAC gets in the way. Can't remember where I found this workaround, but if you put the following at the beginning of your scripts, they should run successfully:

If WScript.Arguments.Named.Exists("elevated") = False Then 
	'Launch the script again as administrator 
	CreateObject("Shell.Application").ShellExecute "wscript.exe", """" & WScript.ScriptFullName & """ /elevated", "", "runas", 1 
	WScript.Quit 
Else 
	'Change the working directory from the system32 folder back to the script's folder. 
	Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 
	oShell.CurrentDirectory = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName) 
	MsgBox "Now running with elevated permissions" 
End If

The caveat to this workaround is that you will still see a "Are you sure you want to run this" prompt from UAC, but clicking yes will now allow it to run.

Cheers!


-Carl
"The glass is neither half-full nor half-empty: it's twice as big as it needs to be."

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