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Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin?

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Partial success!
I figured out WHERE the problem lies (but not WHAT the problem is).

A. For whatever reason, this configuration file won't "run as admin"
   https://www.freeopenvpn.org/ovpn/USA_freeopenvpn_udp.ovpn
B. But, for whatever reason, this configuration file does "run as admin"
   https://vanwa.tech/download-free-openvpn-config

That means there's likely nothing wrong with Windows after all. 
The problem is (somewhere) inside the VPN configuration file.

But where?

I ran a test changing _only_ the VPN service configuration file.

That test worked in both cases (which means it's the config file!).
A. When I run the one-line batch command in an admin window, it works.
B. When I rightclick run as admin in a file explorer window, it works.

Here is how I successfully ran that test just moments ago.
1. I went to VanWa to pick up a different free openvpn config file
   https://vanwa.tech/free-openvpn-service
   
2. I downloaded that free VPN config as "VanwaTech-Free-OpenVPN.ovpn"
   https://vanwa.tech/download-free-openvpn-config

3. I created a vanwa.bat file containing the one line
   C:\path-to\openvpn\bin\openvpn.exe VanwaTech-Free-OpenVPN.ovpn

This bat file connected to VPN using every method but one (which is ok).
a. It connected to VPN when I ran the bat file in an admin window
b. It connected to VPN when I pasted the command into an admin window
c. It connected to VPN when I rightclicked the bat file & "run as admin"
d. It failed to connect to VPN when I ran the bat command in a user window

That last failure is to be expected since the route commands require admin.

When I tested the results, the curl worked for all but (d) above.
 C:\> curl icanhazip.com
      (This outputs the VPN server connection IP address.)

This success with a different config file indicates Windows 10 is fine.
The problem is seemingly in how the VPN configuration files are configured.

A. For whatever reason, a one-line batch file containing the config file
    https://www.freeopenvpn.org/ovpn/USA_freeopenvpn_udp.ovpn
   In this simple one-line command in that batch file
    C:\path-to\openvpn\bin\openvpn.exe USA_freeopenvpn_udp.ovpn
   won't work in the File Explorer when I rightclick "Run as Administrator"

B. But for whatever reason, a one-line batch file containing the config file
    https://vanwa.tech/download-free-openvpn-config
   In this simple one-line command in that batch file
    C:\path-to\openvpn\bin\openvpn.exe VanwaTech-Free-OpenVPN.ovpn
   does work in the File Explorer when I rightclick "Run as Administrator"
     
This indicates the problem isn't Windows 10 after all.
This indicates the problem is (somehow) in how a VPN config file is written.

Does anyone here know VPN well enough to tell us why that's the case?

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Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> - 2021-09-10 02:34 +0300
  Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> - 2021-09-10 16:47 +0700
    Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> - 2021-09-11 00:22 +0300
  Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> - 2021-09-11 00:40 +0300
    Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-09-11 08:57 +0100
      Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> - 2021-09-11 11:26 +0300
        Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> - 2021-09-11 11:33 +0300
          Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-09-11 09:44 +0100
    Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2021-09-11 11:03 +0200
      Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-09-11 10:05 +0100
      Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> - 2021-09-11 13:00 +0300
      Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Zaidy036 <Zaidy036@air.isp.spam> - 2021-09-11 17:29 -0400
        Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> - 2021-09-12 06:00 +0300
          Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> - 2021-09-12 12:11 +0300
  Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> - 2021-09-11 12:18 +0300
    Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-09-11 10:26 +0100
      Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> - 2021-09-11 22:08 +0300
        Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-09-11 20:15 +0100
      Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> - 2021-09-12 13:25 +0300
  Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> - 2021-09-11 22:59 +0300
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