Re: XP RunAs only available for some shortcuts...
From: Philip Herlihy (foof8501_at_herlihy.eu.veil.com)
Date: 06/09/04
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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 11:20:10 +0000 (UTC)
No it doesn't! Weird...
-- #################### ## PH, London #################### "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message news:uTgBWGgTEHA.2464@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... Does notepad itself (c:\windows\notepad or whereever it is) have it on it's right click menu. -- ---------------------------------------------------------- http://home.comcast.net/~wizardofwhimsy/index.html "Philip Herlihy" <foof8501@herlihy.eu.veil.com> wrote in message news:ca6jg0$nn0$1@hercules.btinternet.com... > Thanks for this useful information - new to me, especially the Installer > shortcuts (I recognise behaviour which had previously seemed inexplicable. > > So now I have to figure out why RunAs doesn't work with Notepad on my > system,by the sound of it! I've ruled out problems due to environment > variables in the path - a direct shortcut to Notepad won't cooperate either. > > -- > #################### > ## PH, London > #################### > "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message > news:O%23y%23fQaTEHA.332@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... > My Docs won't work. It's a namespace AND it ends up using explorer. However > notepad and Process Explorer should work. > > There is no reference. For a programmer there is no difference between the > lnk files. But there are 5 to my knowledge > > .url Internet Shortcuts - a text file with a URL in it > > .pif Shortcut for MSDOS Programs > > .lnk Normal shortcuts - notepad et al > > .lnk Folder Shortcuts (introduced with Win2000/WinME) allows the shortcut > to act as a real folder in some places (Start Menu). To get a normal > shortcut to a folder you have to create a shortcut to a folder shortcut - > you can then delete the folder shortcut. Drag History or TIF (after you > empty it - it takes a long time to show a menu with tens of thousands of > items) > > .lnk Windows Installer shortcuts - Links to windows installer that > checks, repaires, and starts the application. This does not support drag and > drop, most properties can't be edited. Only installation programs make these > types. > > .lnk files are treated as whatever by their contents. Only Folder Shortcut > don't have a RunAs (probably because it needs explorer to be useful, al la > NSEs). > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > http://home.comcast.net/~wizardofwhimsy/index.html > "Philip Herlihy" <foof8501@herlihy.eu.veil.com> wrote in message > news:OrExp9ZTEHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... > > Thanks - that makes sense. Do you have any references I could look up on > > types of Shortcut? > > > > Runas on the command line has always worked ok for me, but with the > > Shift-Right-Click version, > > > > these work: > > Word > > Excel > > AutoRoute > > Corel Painter > > Adobe Acrobat (!) > > > > .. and these don't > > Photoshop > > My Documents ("Namespace"?) > > Notepad (!) > > Process Explorer (Sysinternals) > > Opera > > RealOne player > > > > I think that's pretty weird already... > > > > -- > > #################### > > ## PH, London > > #################### > > "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message > > news:eVVxpzZTEHA.3224@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > > You can't use RunAs for explorer because Explorer is already running. You > > need to ask Adobe about their products (like what type of shortcut is it - > > there is more than one type). RunAs works on all but Namespace Objects. > > > > You can kill explorer then use runas on it. You should use the runas > command > > (runas /?) as you probably need to use options to make it usefull (eg I'm > > logged in as an admin but running explorer as Limited using current > > environment, I can't do much for security reasons). > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > http://home.comcast.net/~wizardofwhimsy/index.html > > "Philip Herlihy" <foof8501@herlihy.eu.veil.com> wrote in message > > news:%23ugNedZTEHA.3700@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... > > > You're supposed to be able to fire off a program as another user > (usually > > an > > > Administrator) in XP by right-clicking a shortcut with SHIFT down and > > > picking "RunAs..". On my system (XP Pro) this is only available for > some > > > programs and not others. Corel Painter - yes. Photoshop - no. Any > ideas > > > why this might be so? What I'd really like is to be able to run a > Windows > > > Explorer with an administrative account, but I haven't found a way to do > > > that yet! > > > > > > > > > -- > > > #################### > > > ## PH, London > > > #################### > > > > > > > > > > > >
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