Run As ....

[Little_Red_Frog]

Hi Everyone,

Due to policies no one can run .reg files which is what we want...

Is there a way to run .reg files as the administrator while logged in as the user on the nt4 ws for example being promted for a password

Basicly i dont want to log off users and log back on as the admin to run .reg files without leaving to big a holes

Many thanks

Alex T

[POBrien]

call the reg file from a batch file.

example

regedit /s c:\reg.reg

[Little_Red_Frog]

Thanks,

I got an error saying something like "Cannot be executed due to file or system error, check if file or disk are not write protected"

in the policy we have specified to disable the registry tools for users

any other suggestions would be very appreciated

[RWSchlatter]

J don't have any NT machine anymore to check, but J believe that there is a RunAs command when you right click on Regedit.exe (you may have to press Shift or Ctrl so see the option). Then you should get the login as Admin and will be asked for the password.

Else you should have a command prompt Runas command, use the hep option for getting the parameter list needed.

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Regards - Richard

[POBrien]

even if regedit is disabled you can still run reg files.

Im wondering if the reg and bat extensions have been disabled.

check

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile]

and

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile]

post the entries so that we can scrutinize them.

Does this happen on other workstations?