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

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Ralph Fox writes:
> What it is that leads you to believe it is not working for you?

By every measure of a VPN connection, the rightclick method fails.
a. It successfully connects to VPN when I run the command in an admin window
b. It fails to connect to VPN when I rightclick "run as administrator"

Exact same one line batch file command is being run in both cases above.
  freeopenvpn.bat
  c:\path-to\openvpn\bin\openvpn.exe freeopenvpn.ovpn 

> It works here.   Windows 10 version 21H1.

  It fails on my version but I think I just need batch file syntax help.
  C:\> ver
  Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.1165]

a. When it works, I type "freeopenvpn.bat" & [Enter] in an admin window.
b. When it fails, I rightclick "freeopenvpn.bat" & run-as-administrator.

>  1.  I log in to a non-Administrator account.
>  2.  I right-click on a batch file and choose "Run as Administrator".

The one-line batch file I right-click on is named "freeopenvpn.bat"
It simply runs the desired command (which works in a cut and paste also).

>  3.  At the UAC prompt, I enter the password for the Administrator 
>      account.

For whatever reason, at my UAC prompt, I don't have to enter a password.

>  3.  A command prompt window appears.

For whatever reason, my "command prompt" is instantaneous.
It disappears in a nanosecond so I can't tell what it's doing inside.

>  4.  If the batch file contains the command WHOAMI then the command 
>      prompt window  displays the name of the Administrator account, 
>      not the name of my non-Administrator account  which I ran it from.
>  5.  Task Manager 'details' tab shows the user for both conhost.exe 
>      and cmd.exe as being the Administrator account, not my 
>      non-Administrator account which I ran it from.

In the admin window, running the command is successful as measured by
a. "curl icanhazip.com" reports the VPN connection
b. "route print|more" reports the VPN connection
c. And the command window reports a successful VPN connection

What I'd like to work is to be able to "run as admin" in the file explorer.
3. I right-click on freeopenvpn.bat & select "Run as administrator"

That flashes & then fails by all measures of how anyone would test VPN.
a. "curl icanhazip.com" reports the original (not the VPN connection)
b. "route print|more" reports the original (not the VPN connection)
c. And there is no window that reports anything after it flashes instantly

I don't know why "Run as administrator" doesn't work but it's perhaps
because I don't understand how Windows 10 batch commands work.

Is there a line or two I can add to the batch command to make it work?
-- 
BTW, I'm using that VPN connection as we speak so I know it works normally.
It just doesn't work inside the Windows File Explorer for an unknown reason.

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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? Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> - 2021-09-10 19:08 +1200
    Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-09-10 04:45 -0400
      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? Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> - 2021-09-12 06:58 +1200
        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
    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? Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> - 2021-09-12 07:15 +1200
        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? Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> - 2021-09-12 09:48 +1200
            Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-09-11 18:54 -0400
              Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> - 2021-09-12 11:30 +1200
                Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-09-11 23:47 -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? JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> - 2021-09-10 16:47 +0700
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  Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2021-09-12 10:25 +0100
    Re: Why Windows 10 batch admin isn't the same as its GUI admin? Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> - 2021-09-12 14:34 +0300

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