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In my PowerShell script, I create a shortcut to a .exe (using something similar to the answer from this question ): $WshShell = New-Object -comObject WScript.Shell $Shortcut = $WshShell.CreateShortcut("$Home\Desktop\ColorPix.lnk") $Shortcut.TargetPath = "C:\Program Files (x86)\ColorPix\ColorPix.exe" $Shortcut.Save() Now, when I create the shortcut, how do I add to the script to make it default to running as Administrator? Jan Chrbolka This answer is a PowerShell translation of an excellent answer to this question How can I use JScript to create a shortcut that uses "Run as Administrator" . In

Is it possible in a C#.NET application to request administrative rights on a Windows 7 PC? I want to be able to deploy the application via Click Once and have users use it to perform administrative tasks (in this case it is writing registry entries for the main application). http://victorhurdugaci.com/using-uac-with-c-part-1 http://victorhurdugaci.com/using-uac-with-c-part-2 http://victorhurdugaci.com/using-uac-with-c-part-3 *self promotion Extra characters because it must be 30 simply all what you need to do is to add manifest application file to your project simple : right click on the

I've managed to get the cmd being opened by python. However, using runas administrator comes with a password check before cmd.exe is executed. I'm using this to open cmd... import subprocess subprocess.call(["runas", "/user:Administrator", "cmd.exe"]) I'm looking for a way to automatically enter the password into the runas.exe prompt which opens when i run the code. Say if i were to create var = "test" and add it after import subprocess how would i make it so that this variable is passed to and seen as an input to the runas.exe? The solution would require only python modules which are in

as you may know one is unable to create RAW sockets using Windows Sockets without having administrative priviliges. The problem is, that I need to send ICMP messages, thus I need RAW sockets. The Problem: My program needs to run without administrative privileges. That lead me to the question, how does the ping tool send ICMP messages w/o administrative privileges? Although ICMP uses RAW sockets (which require admin rights on Win2K and later), Microsoft circumvents its own security rules to allow its ICMP APIs to get through. As such, don't use RAW sockets directly to send your own ICMP ping