A basic Win 7 question

Guest2 · 7 May 2011 at 16:25

Can Programs & features be ran with elevated privileges? I.e using the run as, either through elevated command prompt, shortcut or with the use of another program?

Krislord · 7 May 2011 at 16:34

If you right click a program you should get the "run as administrator" option, yes.

Also in the advanced properties of a shortcut is the option to "run as adminstrator"

Guest2 · 7 May 2011 at 23:16

I might be going blind...

right click on programs and fewatures only shows 3 options.

I created a shortcut and advanced properties the run as administrator is greyed out

Efour · 8 May 2011 at 11:55

Do it before you make the shortcut.

Guest2 · 8 May 2011 at 12:19

Efour2 said:
Do it before you make the shortcut.

Have you not got windows 7?

Right click programs & Features > Presented with the following

Open
Open in a new window
Create shortcut

andy_mk3 · 8 May 2011 at 12:24

You need to do it on the actual program, not programs and features.

Guest2 · 9 May 2011 at 08:38

So how would I carry our repairs on say, 6 different programs like Office 2003 along with 3 or 4 custom office addons?

Django x2 · 9 May 2011 at 15:32

Dude, start again, you're not makeing any FFFUUUUUU sense!

If you want to run repairs on the installed programs, you'll have to do it from Programs and Features. You'll have to interact with it, but I don't know why you'd want it elevated?

You could elevate a command prompt and run msiexec /fpecms for instance.

Guest2 · 10 May 2011 at 18:28

How am I not making sense -

I work for company that is getting Windows 7 & Office 2010
Users will not have local admin rights for security
I need to carry our repairs/removal of software that is in programs and features (without logging them off all their work, RDPing on as myself and then doing the fixes. This will take a lot of time compaired to carrying out the repairs as the user like you do in windows xp)

I have been told that an elevated command prompt cannot be used to run programs and features

Is there a way?

sharkkk · 11 May 2011 at 20:09

cmd

Code:

runas /user:sharkkk "rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl"

replace username as appropriate of course!

andy_mk3 · 11 May 2011 at 20:10

Guest2 said:
How am I not making sense -

<snip>

Because you didn't mention any of that to begin with!

Guest2 · 14 May 2011 at 13:51

sharkkk said:
cmd

Code:

runas /user:sharkkk "rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl"

replace username as appropriate of course!

thanks, will try this on monday

Broken Hope · 14 May 2011 at 14:52

Surely anything which requires elevated privileges will just prompt you for your admin password, regardless of the user logged in. That's what happens on our domain at work anyhow.

Sin_Chase · 14 May 2011 at 17:15

Broken Hope said:
Surely anything which requires elevated privileges will just prompt you for your admin password, regardless of the user logged in. That's what happens on our domain at work anyhow.

Nope.

OP - Just use the switch user functionality then when you are done switch back to the users session. Surely repairs will want reboots anyway so don't see the issue. User wont be able to work while you are anyway.

Making a mountain out of a mole hill when users could spend 30 seconds saving their work. (which they SHOULD BLOODY WELL BE DOING before you even start work, what if it locks up/crashes/reboots etc etc)