How do you run a .vbs or .bat as adminstrator in Windows 8?

LucianH

I really am trying to get the hang of Windows 8 Pro but it's begining to get on my ti..

I have some batch files and vbscript files that were running under Vista but seem to refuse to run under windows 8 which I assume are due to security restrictions.

I've got a simple example of a batch file to disable hibernation (containing a single line of "powercfg -h off") but double clicking on the .bat file doesn't work. I've tried creating a shortcut but can't set the "run as administrator" option since it's greyed out.

I'm working on a laptop with a single account set as administrator (and no password).

Any ideas?

debitcardmayhem

LucianH wrote: »

I really am trying to get the hang of Windows 8 Pro but it's begining to get on my ti..

I have some batch files and vbscript files that were running under Vista but seem to refuse to run under windows 8 which I assume are due to security restrictions.

I've got a simple example of a batch file to disable hibernation (containing a single line of "powercfg -h off") but double clicking on the .bat file doesn't work. I've tried creating a shortcut but can't set the "run as administrator" option since it's greyed out.

I'm working on a laptop with a single account set as administrator (and no password).

Any ideas?

Create a shortcut on Desktop(right click on desktop space) eg New ---> Shortcut then enter shutdown.exe /h .... then next and call it hibernate ... then finish.... Now right click on the shortcut and pin to start / or task bar.

debitcardmayhem

Also if you want to run a .bat file from "Start" then go to the search bit (top/bottom) right of screen, then type in File Explorer, find the file (works the same if you use Windows Explorer apparently) then right click pin to Start ....(I believe you can also set it to run as Admin too from properties but I am not sure since OH is using my W8 at the mo ...but that I believe that brings up the Allow to Make Changes pop up)

LucianH

I've been cheeky and changed the title of the thread (to reflect my real problem which is running scripts in administrator mode). (For info, the thread title was "How do you run batch files in Windows 8")

Since posting, I've noticed that when you create a shortcut to a batch file you can go to the advanced tab on properties and change select "run as administrator". However, when I create a shortcut to a vbscript file, the "run as administrator" option is greyed out.

Will keep playing but if anybody's got any suggestions it would help.

Thanks.

Jemma-T

Make sure UAC is set to NOT annoy you too.

RobTang

On my Win 8 machine you can right click the bat files and select run as admin.

.vbs is a different problem, you can add some code the script which basically just re-runs the same script as admin or I think you can make a batch file that calls wscript / cscript with your script, then run the batch as admin.