how do you do runas on a reg file?

[Guest jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk]

how do you do runas on a reg file?

or runas on regedit.exe on a reg file.

 

by that I mean. Suppose i'm in a non-admin account. If I want to run

an exe, I can right click and do runas, and enter the username and

password of an or the administrative account. But I can't do that

with a reg file.

 

I can't right click a reg file..

 

and this doesn't work either

C:\WINDOWS>runas /user:Administrator regedit.exe c:\a.reg

 

this works in the sense that it opens up regedit and tries to run the

reg file. But can't write to place required 'cos not administrator

C:\WINDOWS>regedit.exe c:\a.reg

 

this opens regedit, but I want to run a reg file, i don't want to

enter the info from the reg file manually

C:\WINDOWS>runas /user:Administrator regedit.exe

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: how do you do runas on a reg file?

 

 

<jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message

news:1184114732.330052.114300@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...

> how do you do runas on a reg file?

> or runas on regedit.exe on a reg file.

>

> by that I mean. Suppose i'm in a non-admin account. If I want to run

> an exe, I can right click and do runas, and enter the username and

> password of an or the administrative account. But I can't do that

> with a reg file.

>

> I can't right click a reg file..

>

> and this doesn't work either

> C:\WINDOWS>runas /user:Administrator regedit.exe c:\a.reg

>

> this works in the sense that it opens up regedit and tries to run the

> reg file. But can't write to place required 'cos not administrator

> C:\WINDOWS>regedit.exe c:\a.reg

>

> this opens regedit, but I want to run a reg file, i don't want to

> enter the info from the reg file manually

> C:\WINDOWS>runas /user:Administrator regedit.exe

>

 

You could try some of the "runas" replacements:

http://www.joeware.net/win/free/tools/cpau.htm

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3E272913.27CBE26D%40hydro.com

http://www.hiddensoft.com/autoit3/

http://www.robotronic.de/runasspcEn.html (takes the password from an encrypted

file)

[Guest Olaf Engelke [MVP Windows Server]]

Re: how do you do runas on a reg file?

 

Hello,

<jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message

news:1184114732.330052.114300@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...

> how do you do runas on a reg file?

> or runas on regedit.exe on a reg file.

>

> by that I mean. Suppose i'm in a non-admin account. If I want to run

> an exe, I can right click and do runas, and enter the username and

> password of an or the administrative account. But I can't do that

> with a reg file.

>

> I can't right click a reg file..

>

> and this doesn't work either

> C:\WINDOWS>runas /user:Administrator regedit.exe c:\a.reg

>

does work for me:

runas /user:administrator "regedit /s c:\test.reg"

asks for password and enters the regfile without further comment.

Tested on Windows XP Pro SP2 platform.

Maybe the missing quotation marks are your problem.

Best greetings from Germany

Olaf

[Guest Rich Raffenetti]

Re: how do you do runas on a reg file?

 

regedit has a menu option for import... that reads a reg file. Would this

be different from "entering info from the reg file manually" for you?

 

<jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message

news:1184114732.330052.114300@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...

> how do you do runas on a reg file?

> or runas on regedit.exe on a reg file.

>

> by that I mean. Suppose i'm in a non-admin account. If I want to run

> an exe, I can right click and do runas, and enter the username and

> password of an or the administrative account. But I can't do that

> with a reg file.

>

> I can't right click a reg file..

>

> and this doesn't work either

> C:\WINDOWS>runas /user:Administrator regedit.exe c:\a.reg

>

> this works in the sense that it opens up regedit and tries to run the

> reg file. But can't write to place required 'cos not administrator

> C:\WINDOWS>regedit.exe c:\a.reg

>

> this opens regedit, but I want to run a reg file, i don't want to

> enter the info from the reg file manually

> C:\WINDOWS>runas /user:Administrator regedit.exe

>

[Guest jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk]

Re: how do you do runas on a reg file?

 

On Jul 11, 11:21 am, "Olaf Engelke [MVP Windows Server]"

<oenew...@mvps.org> wrote:

> Hello,<jameshanle...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message

>

> news:1184114732.330052.114300@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...> how do you do runas on a reg file?

> > or runas on regedit.exe on a reg file.

>

> > by that I mean. Suppose i'm in a non-admin account. If I want to run

> > an exe, I can right click and do runas, and enter the username and

> > password of an or the administrative account. But I can't do that

> > with a reg file.

>

> > I can't right click a reg file..

>

> > and this doesn't work either

> > C:\WINDOWS>runas /user:Administrator regedit.exe c:\a.reg

>

> does work for me:

> runas /user:administrator "regedit /s c:\test.reg"

> asks for password and enters the regfile without further comment.

> Tested on Windows XP Pro SP2 platform.

> Maybe the missing quotation marks are your problem.

> Best greetings from Germany

> Olaf

 

thanks for the /s tip, but at the moment i want any error messages or

confirmations, to be displayed. I don't want them to be suppressed!

 

you were right.. It needed quotes. But then what if the directory has

spaces?

 

This runs regedit, but it doesn't read the directory properly, and

passes it a succession of wrong paths each bringing up an error box,

and then it gives up.

C:\WINDOWS>runas /user:Administrator "regedit.exe c:\Documents and

Settings\James\desktop\a.reg"

Enter the password for Administrator:

Attempting to start regedit.exe c:\Documents and Settings\James\desktop

\a.reg

as user "BLAH234\Administrator" ...

 

 

note: using tab in cmd.exe for filename completion sped that up a bit!

[Guest Olaf Engelke [MVP Windows Server]]

Re: how do you do runas on a reg file?

 

Hello,

<jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag

news:1184165297.626415.311420@m3g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...

> On Jul 11, 11:21 am, "Olaf Engelke [MVP Windows Server]"

>> does work for me:

>> runas /user:administrator "regedit /s c:\test.reg"

>> asks for password and enters the regfile without further comment.

>> Tested on Windows XP Pro SP2 platform.

>> Maybe the missing quotation marks are your problem.

>

> thanks for the /s tip, but at the moment i want any error messages or

> confirmations, to be displayed. I don't want them to be suppressed!

>

> you were right.. It needed quotes. But then what if the directory has

> spaces?

>

> This runs regedit, but it doesn't read the directory properly, and

> passes it a succession of wrong paths each bringing up an error box,

> and then it gives up.

> C:\WINDOWS>runas /user:Administrator "regedit.exe c:\Documents and

> Settings\James\desktop\a.reg"

well, try

runas /user:Administrator "regedit.exe \"c:\Documents and

Settings\James\desktop\a.reg\""

 

Best greetings from Germany

Olaf

[Guest shahid]

how to add reg file !

 

how to add reg file !

 

Use this

C:\WINDOWS>runas /user:Administrator c:\a.reg

 

it will ask you the password for administrator hope that you have it in some place.

enjoy!

 

wahaj87@yahoo.com

 

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