Challenge: Run as Administrator

[aw27]

Without Manifest, without changing compatibility settings, without right clicking and select Run as Administrator or similar ways, how to run my program as Administrator?

Anyone?

[TimoVJL]

my_setup.exe my_install.exe  ;)

[felipe]

this challenge sounds a little against some of the forum rules :shock:

[aw27]

Only teasing...

[Siekmanski]

OpenSCManager in combo with ShellExecute ?

[jj2007]

Code: [Select]

include \masm32\include\masm32rt.inc

.code
start:
  .if rv(ShellExecute, 0, chr$("runas"), rv(GetCommandLine), 0, 0, 0)>32
inkey "hi admin"
  .endif
  exit
end start

[aw27]

Very good JJ!
Only the guy that says "hi admin" is not the administrator.  :(

[Vortex]

Hello,

Maybe this one :

CreateProcessWithLogonW :

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/winbase/nf-winbase-createprocesswithlogonw

[jj2007]

Only the guy that says "hi admin" is not the administrator.  :(

Yep, you are right :P

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include \masm32\include\masm32rt.inc

.code
start:
  invoke GetCommandLine
  xchg eax, ebx
  .if sdword ptr find$(1, ebx, "-A")>0
MsgBox 0, "I am the admin, really", "Hi", MB_OK
  .else
invoke ShellExecute, 0, chr$("runas"), ebx, chr$("-A"), 0, 0
  .endif
  exit
end start