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Deleting a file using a VBScript run as a restricted user
I need to delete a file from c:\windows during logon. The file being run at logon is a VBS file. When I use WSHFilesys.DeleteFile({fil
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No - for some reason CPAU doesn't like the 'del /F command'. I'm happy with my solution at this stage. It's probably not a bad way to do it anyway, I'm not elevating privilege. All i'm doing is giving users access to files that are then deleted, so it's probably a better solution.
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SummO!
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The scripts does the following, and is reliant on the user being logged in, because of everything else that needs to be done....
Checks Add-in's Exist
Removes Add-in's
Cleans the Add-in Manager Registry Key
Removes the Add-in toolbars
Then I need to delete to add-in Admin files from windows.
When I need to run something in a script as the user that needs elevated privilge, I usually use the CPAU program using the following syntax:
cpau -u{user} -p{password} -ex "What to run" -lwp -hide.
The problem was that all I was trying to pass into the "What to run" section was simply "del /f {filename}" and it kept telling me the parameters were incorrect.
So about 10 minutes after posting my question I sort-of cheated and simply used CPAU to run xcacls which gave EVERYONE full control to the two files I need to delete and the simply used WSHShell.Run "cmd /c del /f " & Chr(34) & "{filename} & Chr(34), 0, True.
This seemed to work fine.
I know this solution works, and of cource because I am using CPAU which has an admin password I encrypt all my VBS files, but if you know a clean way to elevate privilege, using WMI, WSH or anything else that will run inside a VBScript, then that would be great.....
Otherwise I'm happy to close this call as completed. (P.S) How do I do that??? - Close this call?
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SummO!