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Old 08-30-2007   #2 (permalink)
Lang Murphy


 
 

Re: Vista Right-Click Context Menu Items...

"Ryan Shultz" <Ryan Shultz@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have created a RunAs application that lets me perform the functions that
>I
> was able to in Windows XP by right-clicking an application and choosing my
> runas option. The problem is that the standard method of adding a
> right-click context menu does not display the context menu on a
> right-click
> context for any ADUC shortcuts. This means that I am not able to actually
> use the tool on what it was intended for. Does anybody know of a way to
> add
> a right-click context item to the ADUC tools shortcuts. Below is the
> registry entry that I used.
>
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Vista RunAs]
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Vista RunAs\command]
> @="\\\"C:\\Program Files\\Involta\\Vista RunAs\\vista_runas.exe\\\"
> \\\"%1\\\""

I'll admit I have no clue what ADUC is. I'll take a SWAG at the answer,
though... my guess would be that Vista's enhanced security posture, compared
to XP's, prevents what you're trying to do. Again, that's just a SWAG.

Lang

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