Help with program executable.

[Russ Pittman]

Hi Newsgroup, I have an XP Pro Laptop with a Power User
level of authorization. I am an administrator. I have a
program that absolutely will not run without Administrator
Privilege (which I cannot allow to the power user). Is
there any way of configuring so that this one program runs
automatically under administrative privileges while
maintaining the Power Users status and privilege? This is
a real brain-teaser.

Any suggestions?

Russ

 

[Matthew Mucker [MSFT]]

Russ,

There is no Microsoft solution to this problem. While you could use the
runas feature to launch this program in another user's context, it requires
knowing and typing the administrative user's password when you launch the
program.

Do you know why the program won't run without admin privs? If it requires
access to a file or registry key that only admins can access, you can
loosen permissions on that file/folder/key. However, there are some
functions that only administrators can do, and if the program depends on
that, or if the program explicitly checks to see if it's running as
administrator, there's not much you can do.

-Matt

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[Guest]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the information. I tried everything except for
one thing.

I finally went into compatibility mode and selected
Windows 98 compatibility mode. That fixed whatever problem
that was introduced by the program.

Thanks,

R