Why can I no longer run a program as administrator!?

[Marty McFly]

Many years ago I downloaded a handy .bat file which automatically creates firewall entries. I've always had it set up to run as administrator, as this is required.

But today I tried to run the file and it won't run as administrator!? In the Properties > Compatibility, the option to "Run as administrator" is greyed out. This is not the case with other programs, just this /bat file.

Could this have something to do with the fact that I recently installed a critical Windows update (kb4012212)?

 

[samuria]

Try renaming it to . CMD

 

[Marty McFly]

Try renaming it to . CMD

Thanks, but that didn't work.

 

[FreeBooter]

Add the below code beginning of batch script to run it with administrative privileges.

net sess>nul 2>&1||(powershell start cmd -ArgumentList """/c %~0""" -verb Runas & exit)

 

[Marty McFly]

Add the below code beginning of batch script to run it with administrative privileges.

Thanks but that didn't work, the DOS prompt just opens then disappears when I add that to the start of it.

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Marty McFly,

Thanks but that didn't work, the DOS prompt just opens then disappears when I add that to the start of it.

That needs to be ADDED to the beginning of the Batch File. Then save the Batch File with the .bat extension and then run it!

 

[FreeBooter]

Below is a example batch script.

:: Disable Downloaded Files from being Blocked in Windows
 [USER=353699]echo[/USER] Off


net sess>nul 2>&1||(powershell start cmd -ArgumentList """/c %~0""" -verb Runas & exit)

call :IsAdmin


:_Start
Cls & Mode CON  LINES=11 COLS=100 & Color 0E 
Echo.
Echo.       
Echo         Type (D) letter to  Disable Downloaded Files from being Blocked for All Users  
Echo.       
Echo.
Echo.
Echo.         
Echo         Type (E) letter to Enable Downloaded Files from being Blocked for All Users   
Echo.         



Set /p input= RESPONSE: 
If /i  Not %input%==D (Goto :_Ex) Else (Goto :_Disable)

:_Ex
If /i  Not %input%==E  (Goto :_Start) Else (Goto :_Enable)





:_Disable

Reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments" /v "SaveZoneInformation" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
Reg.exe add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments" /v "SaveZoneInformation" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f

Exit



:_Enable

Reg.exe delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments" /v "SaveZoneInformation" /f
Reg.exe delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments" /v "SaveZoneInformation" /f




:IsAdmin
Reg.exe query "HKU\S-1-5-19\Environment"
If Not %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 (
 Cls & Echo You must have administrator rights to continue ... 
 Pause & Exit
)
Cls
goto:eof