On 12/05/2020 11:25, Adam Retter wrote: > I am seeing different behaviour when running prunsrv either as an > Administrator or not. I have seen this in the past and it has bothered > me, but I thought it was about time to get to the bottom of it! > > Starting from a clean install of Windows 2012 Server Base, if I login > as my user account `aretter` which is a member-of the `Administrators` > group... > > 1. Launch "Command Prompt" from the Windows Start Menu, then execute > `prunsrv.exe //?`. I get a dialog asking if I want to allow the > program to make changes to my computer, clicking "Yes" then briefly > flashes a second black console screen before returning me to the > original cmd.exe with absolutely no output, i.e. I see just this on > the cmd.exe > > c:\tools\bin>prunsrv.exe //? > > c:\tools\bin> > > > 2. Right-click on "Command Prompt" in the Windows Start Menu, and > click "Run as adminstrator", accept the warning, then execute > `prunsrv.exe //?`. I get no security dialog, and I get the expected > help message printed on the console: > > C:\Program Files\FusionDB Server\bin>prunsrv.exe //? > Usage: prunsrv command [ServiceName] [--options] > Commands: > help This page > install [ServiceName] Install Service > update [ServiceName] Update Service parameters > delete [ServiceName] Delete Service > start [ServiceName] Start Service > stop [ServiceName] Stop Service > run [ServiceName] Run Service as console application > pause [Num Seconds] Sleep for n Seconds (defaults to 60) > version Display version > Options: > ... > > > So I am wondering what the difference is, and why I don't get anything > in (1)? Do you have to run prunsrv as THE Administrator?
That is the User Account Control feature getting in the way. Even if the user is in the administrators group, you don't get full admin privs. My understanding is that this is by design I don't generally run prunsrv directly but if I did I'd run if from a command prompt started via "Run as Administrator" Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@commons.apache.org
