I think you will need to terminate the current explorer.exe process which is
running in the user context. Then launch runas and "control printers"
which will start the explorer in admin context. I would recommend that you
terminate this explorer after you have completed.
Have you used the RunAs verb on the Add Printer icon? Is this really what
you are looking for?
Select the Add Printer ICON, hold down Shift, Right Click. Select Runas and
enter the admin credentials.
I looked through Help and there was nothing listed in my search. I'll ask
the person who tests this if this feature is documented someplace.
--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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"Mr Major Thorburn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:381301c4a077$0923a5a0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Alan thanks for that suggestion.
> Running control printers from the run line starts the
> printers component ok.
> I need to be able to do that using runas so I can do the
> printer setup with a higher authority.
> I have tried the following:
> runas /user:administrator control printers - nothing
> happened
> runas /user:administrator "control printers" - same
> I created a cmd file containing control printers
> and tried runas to run that and the cmd window appeared
> and disappeared.
> I changed the cmd file to contain start control printers
> and got the same result.
> I tried runas /user:administrator "cmd /c ctlptr.cmd" and
> got the same the same result.
> Any ideas?
> Regards, Major.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >launch the printers folder at the command line with
> >control printers
> >
> >--
> >Alan Morris
> >Windows Printing Team
> >Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;
> [ln];kbhowto
> >
> >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> >
> >"Mr Major Thorburn" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote in message
> >news:3de401c49f38$02c66d40$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> We support users running locked down XP and use runas to
> >> switch to the admin id when doing remote support
> >> setups/changes.
> >> We want to do the same for Printers and Faxes but are
> >> unable to do so.
> >> You cannot select runas from right mouse selection of
> >> Printers and Faxes in the control panel.
> >> If in a command prompt we use "runas /user:administrator
> >> control" after the pw prompt we get nothing.
> >> We have been looking for the cpl file but have failed.
> >> The registry entry for the control panel NameSpace for
> >> Printers refers to module %systemroot%\system32\main.cpl
> >> but that is for the mouse not for printers.
> >> Any ideas anyone?
> >> Please help if you can.
> >> Regards, Major.
> >> thats my christian name ;-)
> >
> >
> >.
> >
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