Using shell command to start as an administrator application

[Martin Theriault]

Hello

Excel VBA macro to open Hypersnap6.exe application:

I got a shell command that is use to start an application .exe program.

Command was working fine until i installed Win7. With this new OS, i must open Hypersnap6.exe as an administrator.

My shell command line failed to open it in this mode

actual shell line is :

rep= shell("C:\Program Files (x86)\HyperSnap 6\HprSnap6.exe" -hidden "-initfrom:C:\Program Files (x86)\HyperSnap 6\Snap_Config.ini")

Any help appreciated

Martin

PS1: I did post similar question in Mrexel forum, but no answer yet

PS2: Please excuse my English, i'm more fluent in French



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[JP]

I may be wrong (and I'm sure someone will come along to correct me),
but if you could programmatically act as the administrator, then what
would be the point of the security feature?

--JP

 

[Karl E. Peterson]

Command was working fine until i installed Win7. With this new OS, i must open
Hypersnap6.exe as an administrator.

My shell command line failed to open it in this mode

You're not going to do that with Shell. You'll need to use something like this:

CreateProcessAsUser Function (Windows)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682429(VS.85).aspx