I want bat file to ask if it can make changes on the computer
(I don't speak English. Hope you understand)
Hi, I have a .bat file, which edits the registry. I always must right-click and run it as administrator. Then it will ask, if I want to allow the program to make changes on my computer. I want the file to ask this question automatically when I open it. Is there any way to do it? Or any other way(e.g. iexpress)?
Thank you for the answers, Andrew
This can be done:
- via a shortcut:
- Create a shortcut for the
.bat
file → Right-click shortcut → Properties - Tab: Shortcut → Advanced → Run as Administrator → OK
- Create a shortcut for the
- from code within the script using
ShellExecute
: (explanation)
How do you run a command as an administrator from the Windows command line?@if (1==1) @if(1==0) @ELSE @echo off&SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS >nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"||( cscript //E:JScript //nologo "%~f0" @goto :EOF ) echo.Performing admin tasks... :: # call foo.exe @goto :EOF @end @ELSE ShA=new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application") ShA.ShellExecute("cmd.exe","/c \""+WScript.ScriptFullName+"\"","","runas",5); @end