Vista Tutorial - vbscript and UAC prompt

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?

On 3/1/2007 10:45 AM, dak:
> 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?

I don't have an answer for your question, however, this brings up a good
issue with the UAC.

Based on what is in Windows Vista's Help and Support file, the VBScript
should bring up the UAC prompt if necessary:

Excerpt from the Vista Help and Support:

User Account Control Overview

User Account Control (UAC) is a new set of infrastructure
technologies in this version of Windows that helps prevent
malicious programs, sometimes called "malware," from damaging
a system, while also helping organizations to deploy a better-managed
desktop.

With UAC, applications and tasks always run in the security context
of a non-administrator account, unless an administrator specifically
authorizes administrator-level access to the system. UAC stops the
automatic installation of unauthorized applications, and prevents
inadvertent changes to system settings.

"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

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
>
>