Batch script -> Access Denied to C:\Windows\

[rdwray]

Got another question to this: I have a .bat file I am trying to run from a hyperlink. I have a shortcut to the .bat file with "Administrator" checked and the .bat file runs fine from the shortcut, but still looks for privileges when run from the hyperlink. I do no want to use "runas" because it "requires" a password and there may not be one.

 

[Mystere]

Batch files do not, by themselves, require any special privileges. It's what the batch file does that requires them. Without knowing what it does, we have no idea what the problem is.

 

[rdwray]

Here is the .bat file:

powercfg /Hibernate on
C:\Windows\System32\Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Hibernate

 

[Mystere]

Ok, you're enabling the hibernation file. This requires administrator privileges. I do not know what you mean by "run from the hyperlink", but you cannot run this command without having administrator privileges.

 

[rdwray]

Ok, you're enabling the hibernation file. This requires administrator privileges. I do not know what you mean by "run from the hyperlink", but you cannot run this command without having administrator privileges.

<a href="../core/Hibernate.bat.lnk"><img src="../img/Hibernate.png" border="0" width="20" height="20" alt="Hibernate"></a>

 

[Mystere]

I don't really understand what you're doing. That's a web page. Are you trying to run the batch file on the local computer or on the web server?

Assuming you want local, this will download the lnk file, which points to a location that is valid on the server. It's unlikely the client has a batch file in that same location with the same name.

IE runs in protected mode, which prevents it from executing anything that requires administrator privileges. The "Administrator" checkbox is metadata, and is only valid on the computer it was created on.

 

[rdwray]

Not a webpage, it is a desktop gadget that controls sleep and hibernate modes. Hibernate has to be enabled (on) for "Hibernate" and disabled (off) for "Sleep". The hyperlink opens the shortcut that has "Administrator" checked, that opens the batch file with the command in it. Double clicking the shortcut runs fine, it is the hyperlink that fails.

 

[Mystere]

Windows 8 doesn't have gadgets.

 

[rdwray]

Windows 8 doesn't have gadgets.

Not as native, but can be added: 8GadgetPack - Gadgets for Windows 8

 

[Mystere]

So maybe you should talk to the author of that then. Or on the Windows 7 support boards. Windows 8 removed Gadgets due to security issues, and you're probably dealing with such issues.

 

[rdwray]

The author is not responsible for Win8 security levels, that is native to the OS.

 

[rdwray]

I guess I should have said that I have tested this under "Default Administrator" and it works....