"Run as Administrator" privilege

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Pat Garard

G'Day All,

I have a standard user who would like to run 'Wallpaper Changer for Windows
Xp Powertoy".

It will work correctly only if "Run as Administrator".

Is there a way of applying that permission to the PROGRAM.

I.e. is there a workaround that would allow the program to work for a
non-administrative user, for whom it generates a series of CreateFile,
WriteFile and CloseHandle messages.?

Any help appreciated!
 
If you give your user an Administrator password (so they can 'run as
Administrator') are you sure they won't use the password for /any/ other
purpose? Are you sure they'll store the password safely and not reveal
it to anyone else?
 
Hi Pat,

This isn't possible as the Wallpaper Changer PowerToy creates/modifies the
toyhide.bmp file in the Windows\System32 folder, rather than storing the
wallpaper file under each profile.

And, giving write access to the System32 folder for Limited users is
dangerous.
 
Thanks Ramesh - That makes good sense!

Pat

Ramesh Srinivasan said:
Hi Pat,

This isn't possible as the Wallpaper Changer PowerToy creates/modifies the
toyhide.bmp file in the Windows\System32 folder, rather than storing the
wallpaper file under each profile.

And, giving write access to the System32 folder for Limited users is
dangerous.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


Pat Garard said:
G'Day All,

I have a standard user who would like to run 'Wallpaper Changer for
Windows Xp Powertoy".

It will work correctly only if "Run as Administrator".

Is there a way of applying that permission to the PROGRAM.

I.e. is there a workaround that would allow the program to work for a
non-administrative user, for whom it generates a series of CreateFile,
WriteFile and CloseHandle messages.?

Any help appreciated!
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Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
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You're welcome Pat.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


Pat Garard said:
Thanks Ramesh - That makes good sense!

Pat

Ramesh Srinivasan said:
Hi Pat,

This isn't possible as the Wallpaper Changer PowerToy creates/modifies
the toyhide.bmp file in the Windows\System32 folder, rather than storing
the wallpaper file under each profile.

And, giving write access to the System32 folder for Limited users is
dangerous.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
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