VBScript: How to run an exe as administrator with password coded in it

Asked Nov 26 '15 at 15:14

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I am using the following VBScript and was not able to install the exe. Please help me.

Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objShell.Run "runas /user:D08DVS3\administrator ""C:\Temp\SQLSP3.exe"" /wait /qs /IAcceptSQLServerLicenseTerms /Action=Patch /AllInstances """, 1, True
WScript.Sleep 100

objShell.Sendkeys "Password#1~"

but all it does is paste my password into my Notepad.

edited Nov 26 '15 at 15:35

asked Nov 26 '15 at 15:14

Sudheer Muthusamy

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Don't do this. ***EVER.*** – Ansgar Wiechers Nov 26 '15 at 15:40
Is there a way to make this script work ? – Sudheer Muthusamy Nov 26 '15 at 15:48
Try [`ShellExecute` method](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/gg537745(v=vs.85).aspx) with `runas` verb. – JosefZ Nov 26 '15 at 15:52
ShellExecute method is showing error when i pass username and password. Please help me with Syntax. – Sudheer Muthusamy Nov 26 '15 at 16:00
Sorry, it does not accept username and password. It just runs your app with elevated privileges (same as _Run as administrator_ from right click menu) and might invoke UAC dialog. See code example in link provided by my previous comment. – JosefZ Nov 26 '15 at 21:09

VBScript: How to run an exe as administrator with password coded in it

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