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   Zaidy036 to Thomas   
   Re: Batch, run as administrator, UAC, Sh   
   28 Jan 23 22:16:03   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: Zaidy036@air.isp.spam   
      
   On 1/28/2023 10:03 PM, Thomas wrote:   
   > Due to the strange ways that Windows works, all I want is to permanently   
   > have the "Show more details" working whenever I "Run as administrator" any   
   > given "*.bat" file that I select, en masse, to run.   
   >   
   > Is there an option checkbox in the registry perhaps to always "Show more   
   > details" when running a batch file as administrator in Windows 10?   
   >   
   > A confluence of Windows peculiar traits is only why I need that option.   
   > That is, I don't "want" that option - I just want it as a workaround.   
   >   
   > [1] Windows, when I select a handful of files to right click and execute,   
   >      I can never tell the _order_ that those files will be executed   
   >      (as Windows has its own peculiarities on how it orders files).   
   >   
   > [2] The batch file has to have administrator permission because it changes   
   >      the routing table but a Windows particular is that there isn't any   
   >      known way to set that user _inside_ the batch file itself, such as:   
   >         RunThisBatchFileAsAdministrator = YES   
   >   
   > [3] Not every batch file will work (as they're running network commands)   
   >      but _one_ of those batch files will always end up working. Therefore   
   >      the problem is figuring out, after the fact, which batch file it was.   
   >   
   > All of these issues are caused purely by Windows particular quirks which is   
   > why I want to have "Show more details" on by default.   
   >   
   > But what would negate the need for that would be a command that I could put   
   > _inside_ the batch file that says "RunMeAsAdminPlease = YES" if that   
   > exists.   
   >   
   > Or, some way to make _all_ batch files run as Administrator, although that   
   > has the obvious security risk so I just want to have the command inside if   
   > I can.   
   >   
   > But if there is no command that tells Windows to run the batch file as   
   > administrator, then at least tell me which of the many batch files it was.   
   look at https://nircmd.nirsoft.net/runas.html   
   Or   
   run using TaskScheduler: SCHTASKS /RUN /TN   set for highest   
   privileges   
      
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