Run VBS files as administrator

For example, you must run VBS files as an administrator if the script is to access a system folder. However, the "Execute as" entry is missing in the context menu - Read here how you can still assign the appropriate rights to the file.

Add context menu "Run as administrator" for VBS files

1. Upgrade the command for the context menu of VBS files: Call Regedit and go to "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ VBSFile \ Shell".
2. Click in the right part of the window and then create the entry "runas" with "Edit | New | Key". Below this, create the "command" key. Select the new subkey on the left and double-click on "Standard" on the right.
3. Then type C: \ Windows \ system32 \ WScript.exe "% 1"% * and press Enter.
4. Open "Edit | New | String" and name it "IsolatedCommand". Assign the value C: \ Windows \ system32 \ WScript.exe "% 1"% *.
5. After closing the registry, the command "Run as administrator" is now available in the context menu for VBS files.
6. If this command is defined for a file type, you can also run it from self-written scripts. To do this, create a file with the following content: Set objShell = CreateObject ("Shell.Application") Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace ("C: \") Set objFolderItem = objFolder.ParseName ("example.vbs") objFolderItem.InvokeVerb "runas" Save the file as "adminstart.vbs". In the future, just double-click on it to start the desired script "example.vbs" with extended rights - you save yourself the hassle of using the menu.

• Note: Security remains intact because the script is only used to call up commands. Windows also prompts for the administrator password via user account control before it actually executes the script.