ShellExecute – VBScript –

Run a script or application in the Windows Shell.

Syntax
      .ShellExecute "application", "parameters", "dir", "verb", window

      .ShellExecute 'some program.exe', '"some parameters with spaces"', , "runas", 1

Key
   application   The file to execute (required)
   parameters    Arguments for the executable
   dir           Working directory
   verb          The operation to execute (runas/open/edit/print)
   window        View mode application window (normal=1, hide=0, 2=Min, 3=max, 4=restore, 5=current, 7=min/inactive, 10=default)

Note that double “ and single ‘ quotes that can be used to delimit paths with spaces.

The runas verb is undocumented but can be used to elevate permissions. When a script is run with elevated permissions several aspects of the user environment may change: The current directory, the current TEMP folder and any mapped drives will be disconnected.

runas will fail if you are running in WOW64 (a 32 bit process on 64 bit windows) for example %systemroot%syswow64cmd.exe …

The ShellExecute method is a member of the IShellDispatch2 object.

Examples

Run a batch script with elevated permissions, flag=runas:

Set objShell = CreateObject(“Shell.Application”)
objShell.ShellExecute “E:demobatchScript.cmd“, “”, “”, “runas”, 1

Run a VBScript with elevated permissions, flag=runas:

Set objShell = CreateObject(“Shell.Application”)
objShell.ShellExecute “cscript“, “E:demovbscript.vbs“, “”, “runas”, 1

“If you don’t execute your ideas, they die” ~ Roger Von Oech

Related:

Run with elevated permissions – Script to run as Admin.
.Exec – Execute command, returning an object.
.Run – Run a command.
joeware.net – CPAU (Create Process As User) like RunAs but with an option to encrypt the password.
Equivalent CMD command: ShellRunAs – Run a command under a different user account.