ajr73333 Posted June 8, 2018 Author Posted June 8, 2018 Duh!!!! They obviously compile/build to exe's. Thank you so much for all of your help, this absolutely fixes my problem, and I'll probably end up taking out the checkbox function because I don't ever want them to have to option, I want it to run automatically at startup every time, for every program, but I will definitely use your functions! Thank you so much again! Skeletor 1
Skeletor Posted June 8, 2018 Posted June 8, 2018 Anytime @ajr73333, glad we can help. Kind RegardsSkeletor "Coffee: my defense against going postal." Microsoft Office Splash Screen | Basic Notepad Program (Beginner) | Transparent Splash Screen | Full Screen UI
Moderators JLogan3o13 Posted June 8, 2018 Moderators Posted June 8, 2018 @ajr73333 There have been a couple of folks that have played around with the ability to run a script with elevation and then lower on a per-process level. This one comes to mind, though it is several years old: Beyond that, if it no longer works or looks like more than you want to delve into, the method suggested above is the easiest path; one script for Admin tasks, one for normal, and a controlling script to manage the order. "Profanity is the last vestige of the feeble mind. For the man who cannot express himself forcibly through intellect must do so through shock and awe" - Spencer W. Kimball How to get your question answered on this forum!
ajr73333 Posted June 8, 2018 Author Posted June 8, 2018 22 minutes ago, JLogan3o13 said: @ajr73333 There have been a couple of folks that have played around with the ability to run a script with elevation and then lower on a per-process level. This one comes to mind, though it is several years old: Beyond that, if it no longer works or looks like more than you want to delve into, the method suggested above is the easiest path; one script for Admin tasks, one for normal, and a controlling script to manage the order. Interesting, so he manipulates Reg entries as he starts the processes to drop it back down. That's good to know, however that still won't work for me because as I stated earlier, some of the programs are on SAN's, or remote shares/servers, therefore trying to run those programs using the _RunWithReducesPrivileges would not work because it would have to modify the Reg on the servers holding the programs, which is not the local computer. That would work nicely if all of the programs were local, but unfortunately, they're not. Thank you very much though, I have already downloaded and saved it for future reference.
Developers Jos Posted June 9, 2018 Developers Posted June 9, 2018 Or simply do it the way I've done it in autoit3wrapper. Look for the 2 Funcs in there to perform a command that requires admin rights. Jos SciTE4AutoIt3 Full installer Download page - Beta files Read before posting How to post scriptsource Forum etiquette Forum Rules Live for the present, Dream of the future, Learn from the past.
ajr73333 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Posted June 12, 2018 On 6/8/2018 at 9:56 PM, Jos said: Or simply do it the way I've done it in autoit3wrapper. Look for the 2 Funcs in there to perform a command that requires admin rights. Jos Can you explain that a little further? These are the Directives I found, but I don't know if I'm in the right place? https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/scite/docs/SciTE4AutoIt3/directives-available.html
Developers Jos Posted June 12, 2018 Developers Posted June 12, 2018 The below functions are part of AutoIt3Wrapper and are used to ensure the command is performed with #RequireAdmin. The first one simply creates a temp script with the AutoIt3 Commandline in it and then runs this commnd. I use it to reshell AutoIt3Wrapper with a commandline parameter for a function that requires admin rights. The second one is made to shell commands which responds to STDOUT/STDERR en the said output is returned at the end of the Func. Hope that explains it a little better. Jos expandcollapse popupFunc RunReqAdmin($Autoit3Commands, $prompt = 0) Local $temp_Script = _TempFile($TempDir, "~", ".au3") Local $temp_check = _TempFile($TempDir, "~", ".chk") FileWriteLine($temp_check, 'TempFile') FileWriteLine($temp_Script, '#NoTrayIcon') If Not IsAdmin() Then FileWriteLine($temp_Script, '#RequireAdmin') If $prompt = 1 Then MsgBox(262144, "Need Admin mode", "Admin mode is needed for this update. Answer the following prompts to allow the update.") EndIf FileWriteLine($temp_Script, $Autoit3Commands) FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "FileDelete('" & $temp_check & "')") RunWait('"' & @AutoItExe & '" /AutoIt3ExecuteScript "' & $temp_Script & '"') ; Wait for the script to finish While FileExists($temp_check) Sleep(50) WEnd FileDelete($temp_Script & "*.*") EndFunc ;==>RunReqAdmin ; Func RunReqAdminDosCommand($Autoit3Commands, $prompt = 0, $outfile = "") Local $temp_Script = _TempFile($TempDir, "~", ".au3") FileDelete($outfile) FileWriteLine($outfile, '! Cancelled execution.') FileWriteLine($temp_Script, '#NoTrayIcon') If Not IsAdmin() Then FileWriteLine($temp_Script, '#RequireAdmin') If $prompt = 1 Then MsgBox(262144, "Need Admin mode", "Admin mode is needed for this update. Answer the following prompts to allow the update.") EndIf __ConsoleWrite(">Running AdminLevel:" & $Autoit3Commands & @CRLF) FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "AutoItWinSetTitle ('AutoIt3Wrapper_RunningCommand')") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "$Pid = Run('" & @ComSpec & ' /C ' & $Autoit3Commands & "', ''," & @SW_HIDE & ", 2)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "$Handle = _ProcessExitCode($Pid)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "$ConOut = ShowStdOutErr($Pid)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "$ExitCode = _ProcessExitCode($Pid, $Handle)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "_ProcessCloseHandle($Handle)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, 'FileDelete("' & $outfile & '")') If $outfile <> "" Then FileWriteLine($temp_Script, 'FileWrite("' & $outfile & '",$ConOut)') EndIf FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "Exit $ExitCode") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "Func _ProcessCloseHandle($h_Process)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " ; Close the process handle of a PID") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " DllCall('kernel32.dll', 'ptr', 'CloseHandle', 'ptr', $h_Process)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If Not @error Then Return 1") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Return 0") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "EndFunc ;==>_ProcessCloseHandle") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "Func _ProcessExitCode($i_Pid, $h_Process = 0)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " ; 0 = Return Process Handle of PID else use Handle to Return Exitcode of a PID") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Local $v_Placeholder") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If Not IsArray($h_Process) Then") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " ; Return the process handle of a PID") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $h_Process = DllCall('kernel32.dll', 'ptr', 'OpenProcess', 'int', 0x400, 'int', 0, 'int', $i_Pid)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If Not @error Then Return $h_Process") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Else") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " ; Return Process Exitcode of PID") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $h_Process = DllCall('kernel32.dll', 'ptr', 'GetExitCodeProcess', 'ptr', $h_Process[0], 'int*', $v_Placeholder)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If Not @error Then Return $h_Process[2]") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " EndIf") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Return 0") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "EndFunc ;==>_ProcessExitCode") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "Func ShowStdOutErr($l_Handle, $ShowConsole = 1, $Replace = '', $ReplaceWith = '')") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Local $Line = 'x', $Line2 = 'x', $tot_out, $err1 = 0, $err2 = 0, $cnt1 = 0, $cnt2 = 0") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Do") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Sleep(10)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $Line = StdoutRead($l_Handle)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $err1 = @error") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If $Replace <> '' Then $Line = StringReplace($Line, $Replace, $ReplaceWith)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $tot_out &= $Line") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If $ShowConsole Then ConsoleWrite($Line)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $Line2 = StderrRead($l_Handle)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $err2 = @error") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If $Replace <> '' Then $Line2 = StringReplace($Line2, $Replace, $ReplaceWith)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $tot_out &= $Line2") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If $ShowConsole Then ConsoleWrite($Line2)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " ; end the loop also when AutoIt3 has ended but a sub process was shelled with Run() that is still active") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " ; only do this every 50 cycles to avoid cpu hunger") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If $cnt1 = 50 Then") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $cnt1 = 0") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " ; loop another 50 times just to ensure the buffers emptied.") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If Not ProcessExists($l_Handle) Then") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If $cnt2 > 2 Then ExitLoop") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $cnt2 += 1") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " EndIf") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " EndIf") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $cnt1 += 1") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Until ($err1 And $err2)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Return $tot_out") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "EndFunc ;==>ShowStdOutErr") Local $rc = RunWait('"' & @AutoItExe & '" /AutoIt3ExecuteScript "' & $temp_Script & '"') Sleep(500) ; Wait for the script to finish While WinExists("AutoIt3Wrapper_RunningCommand") Sleep(50) WEnd __DelTempFile($temp_Script) $rc = FileRead($TempConsOut) __DelTempFile($TempConsOut) Return $rc EndFunc ;==>RunReqAdminDosCommand SciTE4AutoIt3 Full installer Download page - Beta files Read before posting How to post scriptsource Forum etiquette Forum Rules Live for the present, Dream of the future, Learn from the past.
VAN0 Posted May 9, 2023 Posted May 9, 2023 On 6/12/2018 at 3:45 AM, Jos said: The below functions are part of AutoIt3Wrapper and are used to ensure the command is performed with #RequireAdmin. The first one simply creates a temp script with the AutoIt3 Commandline in it and then runs this commnd. I use it to reshell AutoIt3Wrapper with a commandline parameter for a function that requires admin rights. The second one is made to shell commands which responds to STDOUT/STDERR en the said output is returned at the end of the Func. Hope that explains it a little better. Jos expandcollapse popupFunc RunReqAdmin($Autoit3Commands, $prompt = 0) Local $temp_Script = _TempFile($TempDir, "~", ".au3") Local $temp_check = _TempFile($TempDir, "~", ".chk") FileWriteLine($temp_check, 'TempFile') FileWriteLine($temp_Script, '#NoTrayIcon') If Not IsAdmin() Then FileWriteLine($temp_Script, '#RequireAdmin') If $prompt = 1 Then MsgBox(262144, "Need Admin mode", "Admin mode is needed for this update. Answer the following prompts to allow the update.") EndIf FileWriteLine($temp_Script, $Autoit3Commands) FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "FileDelete('" & $temp_check & "')") RunWait('"' & @AutoItExe & '" /AutoIt3ExecuteScript "' & $temp_Script & '"') ; Wait for the script to finish While FileExists($temp_check) Sleep(50) WEnd FileDelete($temp_Script & "*.*") EndFunc ;==>RunReqAdmin ; Func RunReqAdminDosCommand($Autoit3Commands, $prompt = 0, $outfile = "") Local $temp_Script = _TempFile($TempDir, "~", ".au3") FileDelete($outfile) FileWriteLine($outfile, '! Cancelled execution.') FileWriteLine($temp_Script, '#NoTrayIcon') If Not IsAdmin() Then FileWriteLine($temp_Script, '#RequireAdmin') If $prompt = 1 Then MsgBox(262144, "Need Admin mode", "Admin mode is needed for this update. Answer the following prompts to allow the update.") EndIf __ConsoleWrite(">Running AdminLevel:" & $Autoit3Commands & @CRLF) FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "AutoItWinSetTitle ('AutoIt3Wrapper_RunningCommand')") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "$Pid = Run('" & @ComSpec & ' /C ' & $Autoit3Commands & "', ''," & @SW_HIDE & ", 2)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "$Handle = _ProcessExitCode($Pid)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "$ConOut = ShowStdOutErr($Pid)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "$ExitCode = _ProcessExitCode($Pid, $Handle)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "_ProcessCloseHandle($Handle)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, 'FileDelete("' & $outfile & '")') If $outfile <> "" Then FileWriteLine($temp_Script, 'FileWrite("' & $outfile & '",$ConOut)') EndIf FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "Exit $ExitCode") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "Func _ProcessCloseHandle($h_Process)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " ; Close the process handle of a PID") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " DllCall('kernel32.dll', 'ptr', 'CloseHandle', 'ptr', $h_Process)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If Not @error Then Return 1") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Return 0") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "EndFunc ;==>_ProcessCloseHandle") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "Func _ProcessExitCode($i_Pid, $h_Process = 0)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " ; 0 = Return Process Handle of PID else use Handle to Return Exitcode of a PID") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Local $v_Placeholder") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If Not IsArray($h_Process) Then") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " ; Return the process handle of a PID") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $h_Process = DllCall('kernel32.dll', 'ptr', 'OpenProcess', 'int', 0x400, 'int', 0, 'int', $i_Pid)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If Not @error Then Return $h_Process") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Else") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " ; Return Process Exitcode of PID") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $h_Process = DllCall('kernel32.dll', 'ptr', 'GetExitCodeProcess', 'ptr', $h_Process[0], 'int*', $v_Placeholder)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If Not @error Then Return $h_Process[2]") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " EndIf") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Return 0") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "EndFunc ;==>_ProcessExitCode") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "Func ShowStdOutErr($l_Handle, $ShowConsole = 1, $Replace = '', $ReplaceWith = '')") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Local $Line = 'x', $Line2 = 'x', $tot_out, $err1 = 0, $err2 = 0, $cnt1 = 0, $cnt2 = 0") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Do") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Sleep(10)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $Line = StdoutRead($l_Handle)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $err1 = @error") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If $Replace <> '' Then $Line = StringReplace($Line, $Replace, $ReplaceWith)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $tot_out &= $Line") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If $ShowConsole Then ConsoleWrite($Line)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $Line2 = StderrRead($l_Handle)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $err2 = @error") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If $Replace <> '' Then $Line2 = StringReplace($Line2, $Replace, $ReplaceWith)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $tot_out &= $Line2") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If $ShowConsole Then ConsoleWrite($Line2)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " ; end the loop also when AutoIt3 has ended but a sub process was shelled with Run() that is still active") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " ; only do this every 50 cycles to avoid cpu hunger") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If $cnt1 = 50 Then") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $cnt1 = 0") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " ; loop another 50 times just to ensure the buffers emptied.") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If Not ProcessExists($l_Handle) Then") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If $cnt2 > 2 Then ExitLoop") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $cnt2 += 1") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " EndIf") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " EndIf") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $cnt1 += 1") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Until ($err1 And $err2)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " Return $tot_out") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "EndFunc ;==>ShowStdOutErr") Local $rc = RunWait('"' & @AutoItExe & '" /AutoIt3ExecuteScript "' & $temp_Script & '"') Sleep(500) ; Wait for the script to finish While WinExists("AutoIt3Wrapper_RunningCommand") Sleep(50) WEnd __DelTempFile($temp_Script) $rc = FileRead($TempConsOut) __DelTempFile($TempConsOut) Return $rc EndFunc ;==>RunReqAdminDosCommand Is this still best practice in 2023 to launch elevated non-autoit application from non-elevated autoit script?
Developers Jos Posted May 9, 2023 Developers Posted May 9, 2023 6 hours ago, VAN0 said: is this still best practice in 2023 No idea about best practice, but it simply works for me. SciTE4AutoIt3 Full installer Download page - Beta files Read before posting How to post scriptsource Forum etiquette Forum Rules Live for the present, Dream of the future, Learn from the past.
VAN0 Posted May 9, 2023 Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) FYI There is a bug at FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "$Pid = Run('" & @ComSpec & ' /C ' & $Autoit3Commands & "', ''," & @SW_HIDE & ", 2)") It should be: FileWriteLine($temp_Script, "$Pid = Run('" & @ComSpec & ' /C ' & $Autoit3Commands & "', ''," & @SW_HIDE & ", 6)") Otherwise it doesn't capture stderr Current AutoIt3Wrapper.au3 v22.611.2153.17 affected as well. Edited May 9, 2023 by VAN0
Developers Jos Posted May 9, 2023 Developers Posted May 9, 2023 True, but why would i need stderr in my use case? SciTE4AutoIt3 Full installer Download page - Beta files Read before posting How to post scriptsource Forum etiquette Forum Rules Live for the present, Dream of the future, Learn from the past.
VAN0 Posted May 9, 2023 Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) I guess for the same reason why there is this present: FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $Line2 = StderrRead($l_Handle)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $err2 = @error") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If $Replace <> '' Then $Line2 = StringReplace($Line2, $Replace, $ReplaceWith)") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " $tot_out &= $Line2") FileWriteLine($temp_Script, " If $ShowConsole Then ConsoleWrite($Line2)") Also I'm a bit confused by this part: Local $rc = RunWait('"' & @AutoItExe & '" /AutoIt3ExecuteScript "' & $temp_Script & '"') Sleep(500) ; Wait for the script to finish While WinExists("AutoIt3Wrapper_RunningCommand") Sleep(50) WEnd Wouldn't RunWait stop execution of the script until running application finished? (aka, redundant sleep and loop) [EDIT] after further testing it seems runwait() doesn't wait for the application finish execution when it runs as elevated (?). Also this method doesn't capture exitcode of the script... Edited May 9, 2023 by VAN0
Developers Jos Posted May 9, 2023 Developers Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) Correct, the process is restarted since it requires elevated rights, so runwait() will end immediately after the prompt was answered. Edited May 9, 2023 by Jos SciTE4AutoIt3 Full installer Download page - Beta files Read before posting How to post scriptsource Forum etiquette Forum Rules Live for the present, Dream of the future, Learn from the past.
Developers Jos Posted May 9, 2023 Developers Posted May 9, 2023 1 hour ago, VAN0 said: I guess for the same reason why there is this present: True and will have a look to change that to 6. thanks SciTE4AutoIt3 Full installer Download page - Beta files Read before posting How to post scriptsource Forum etiquette Forum Rules Live for the present, Dream of the future, Learn from the past.
rudi Posted May 9, 2023 Posted May 9, 2023 Also have a look to this thread / posting: how to run not elevated program Earth is flat, pigs can fly, and Nuclear Power is SAFE!
VAN0 Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 12 hours ago, rudi said: Also have a look to this thread / posting: how to run not elevated program That's pretty much the opposite from what this topic is about...
rudi Posted May 11, 2023 Posted May 11, 2023 If some tasks have to be executed UAC elevated, and others not, then the approach to start the "master script" uac elevated and then to reduce rights, when needed will result in just one UAC elevation login box, the rest then can run without any further UAC questions beeing asked. Earth is flat, pigs can fly, and Nuclear Power is SAFE!
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