SciTe run works as usual, compiled exe file no longer works

[photonblaster]

 

I am looking for advice on next trouble shooting steps for my problem.  I have researched this over the last three days and still not solved it.  The main reason "run Scite works, exe doesnt" occurs seems to be duplicate names in executable files but I made sure I do not have that problem.

I have a "trivial" script that watches for a login window to pop up, inserts PW and enter/closes.  It worked for a year then I experimented with #RequireAdmin on another problem and ran/compiled this one with RequireAdmin to check out what happens as a learning excercise.  Now the compiled version MUST be run with admin rights, and I get the UAC approval window  which I must avoid in my application, but the SciTe editor version runs from the tools menu (F5) just fine, no UAC.  The correlation between using RequireAdmin for a while  and the run problem is probably just a coincidence, but I am suspicious.

 

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
;#RequireAdmin  ;trying with and without #requireadmin
Opt("SendCapslockMode", 0)  ;make sure caps are off
Send("{CapsLock off}")

Local $myTitle = "User Login Dialog"
Local $myPW = "password"  & "{ENTER}

; Wait max 10 seconds for the Sign In window to appear.
If Not (WinWait($myTitle, "", 10)) Then
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL + $MB_ICONERROR, "Error", "LogIn window did not appear or is timed out")
EndIf

If WinActivate($myTitle) Then
    ControlSend($myTitle, "", "", $myPW )  ;alternate, also works in editor
    ;Send($myPW & "{ENTER}")
    ;MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL + $MB_ICONERROR, "INFO", "SENT $myPW enter")
Else
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL + $MB_ICONERROR, "Error", "Sign In Window did not activate")
EndIf
Sleep(2000)
If (WinExists($myTitle)) Then
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL + $MB_ICONERROR, "Error", "LOGIN FAILED")
EndIf

More info that may be relevant, at least as background info: The LogIn window is from a custom addin to Excel, does not have control ID access to the user/pw entry locations, just the enter/cancel buttons are found by AU3Info.  Thus I had to resort to Send, or ControlSend with just the default selection on popup of where the entries go.  Fortunately the UserID area remains populated between uses and the PW entry "window" is automatically selected at window popup so I just enter PW text and {enter}.

I can run the compiled file as administrator, OK the UAC window "do you want to allow...", and it runs. (right click the file in file explorer, select "Run as Administrator".

Trying to accept this issue I tried ways to "bypass" the UAC window.   I followed instructions on CNET to run the exe file as administrator automatically but the UAC window still comes up: Always run a program in administrator mode in Windows 10 - CNET

I tried to create a shortcut to the exe file through the scheduler following these instructions (other links give the same set of instructions), did not seem to run at all, could not track down any errors I might have made. Open any program as administrator without UAC prompt (winaero.com)

Is there any system settings permanently changed by RequireAdmin?  What should I look at to have the exe file run without the UAC window?

Regards and stay healthy!

[mLipok]

On 11/9/2021 at 8:43 AM, photonblaster said:

Local $myPW = "password"  & "{ENTER}

Missing "

Please edit your post.

Edited November 14, 2021 by mLipok