dak

That would be OK if I were the person running these scripts, but I am
designing script to be run by other users on different computers. So still I
ask, can I force the UAC prompt from within a VBscript.

"Jon" wrote:

> "dak" <dak@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A48EF80C-93C4-4005-A00B-B0B3E95FEC9A@microsoft.com...
> > Is there any way to force from inside a VBscript the UAC prompt?
> >
> > I have several vbscripts that run fine when launched from the elevated
> > command prompt. But when simply double-clickd they run, but of course at
> > user-level and therefore do not really work. Can the UAC prompt be forced
> > from a vbscript?
>
>
> You can create a shortcut to 'wscript.exe' passing the path to your script
> as argument. Then set the shortcut to run as an administrator via
> right-click > properties > advanced...
>
> Not ideal, since if you change the location of the script, then the shortcut
> fails - but better than starting up an admin command prompt each time.
>
> --
> Jon
>
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