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How to run regsvr32 as Administrator on Windows 7

I have the following line of code in a small vb6 app that works great on XP. On Windows 7, the regsvr32 will not work unless permissions are elevated to an Administrator. Is there any way in code to elevate to administrator and then run my code? Please give specific example. And I don't want my end users to have to launch the exe any special way other than double-clicking it. I am not opposed to hardcoding an administrator user name and password in the vb6 code.
Here's what works in XP

VBRegSvr32 ("c:\Netmanagerdd\MyFile.dll")

Dymer2

Hi
I've not tried this for regsvr32 but I hope it helps.
I use the code for checking remote registry settings.
Good Luck!
/Dymer2

Private Declare Function LogonUser Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias _
"LogonUserA" _
(ByVal lpszUsername As String, _
ByVal lpszDomain As String, _
ByVal lpszPassword As String, _
ByVal dwLogonType As Long, _
ByVal dwLogonProvider As Long, _
phToken As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function ImpersonateLoggedOnUser Lib "advapi32.dll" ( _
    ByVal hToken As Long) As Long
    
Private Declare Function RevertToSelf Lib "advapi32.dll" () As Long


Private Const LOGON32_LOGON_INTERACTIVE As Long = 9
Private Const LOGON32_LOGON_NETWORK As Long = 3
Private Const LOGON32_PROVIDER_DEFAULT As Long = 0
Private Const LOGON32_PROVIDER_WINNT50 As Long = 3
Private Const LOGON32_PROVIDER_WINNT40 As Long = 2
Private Const LOGON32_PROVIDER_WINNT35 As Long = 1

Public Function Logon _
    (ByVal strAdminUser As String, _
     ByVal strAdminPassword As String, _
     ByVal strAdminDomain As String)
     
     Dim lngTokenHandle, lngLogonType, lngLogonProvider As Long
     Dim blnResult As Boolean
     
     lngLogonType = LOGON32_LOGON_INTERACTIVE
     lngLogonProvider = LOGON32_PROVIDER_DEFAULT
     
     blnResult = RevertToSelf
     
     blnResult = LogonUser( _
        strAdminUser, _
        strAdminDomain, _
        strAdminPassword, _
        lngLogonType, _
        lngLogonProvider, _
        lngTokenHandle)
        
     Logon = ImpersonateLoggedOnUser(lngTokenHandle)
End Function
Public Sub Logoff()
   Dim blnResult As Boolean
   blnResult = RevertToSelf()
End Sub

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Dymer2

Hi again,
Or, you can wrap everything within a autoit script.
Here's an example of an Autoit 3 script.
/Dymer2

#include <process.au3>
#include <GUIConstants.au3> ; GUI

; Are we already admin?
If Not IsAdmin() Then
	RunAs('administrator', 'HQdomain', 'secretpassword',0,@AutoItExe,@WorkingDir)
    Exit

Else
$Width = 300
$Height = 140
GUICreate("Construction Service", $Width, $Height)
$editbox = GUICtrlCreateEdit("Registreraren laddad."& @CRLF,10,10,280,120)

GUISetState ()

GUICtrlSetData ($editbox, "Copy file to computer...",1)
	FileCopy (@ScriptDir & "\FuncList.dll" , @SystemDir)
	FileCopy (@ScriptDir & "\Construction.ini" , @AppDataDir)
If  FileExists (@SystemDir & "\FuncList.dll") Then
	GUICtrlSetData ($editbox, "...done, registering dll-file." & @CRLF,1)
	RunWait('regsvr32 /s  ' & '"' & @SystemDir & '\FuncList.dll"')
	GUICtrlSetData ($editbox, "Registering done." & @CRLF,1)
	$endmsg = "All done. You can now run the application."
Else
	GUICtrlSetData ($editbox, "Error while installing." & @CRLF,1)
	$endmsg = "Error while installing."

Sleep(300)

endif
EndIf

msgbox(0,"Information",$endmsg)

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graye

Most folks attempt to move those kinds of activities to the Install routine (that obvioulsy happens only once), rather than the application itself. It's kinda normal to have an administrator perform the install of a new piece of software, so that part is pretty much taken care of. Now, all you'd need to do is perform a custom step in your installer that registers the DLL.

BradleyCleveland

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Some other issues have taken priorty and I haven't had a chance to test this solution. Was actually hoping for something simpler, but will try to test it this weekend. I had to submit this response so that the EE account would unlock

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OP_Zaharin

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OP_Zaharin

- maybe you can also look into Manifest to make your exe file run as Administrator:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb756929.aspx
http://www.bigresource.com/Tracker/Track-vb-bQQLOflX7x/ (scroll down to Jemand solutions)

BradleyCleveland

ASKER

I must have hit something wrong by mistake. My intent was to accept Op Zaharin's response of creating a shortcut (or right-mouse clicking on the exe) to select the option of "Run as Administrator"

OP_Zaharin

hi bradley, thank you and glad it works for you :)