Run As Admin then I get error Topic is solved

[Rami]

Hi,

My script starts with:

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#Persistent
#SingleInstance, force
#NoEnv
#Include StdOutToVar.ahk

; *** Force to run as Administrator ***
if not A_IsAdmin
{
   Run *RunAs "%A_ScriptFullPath%"
   ExitApp
}

To insure that the script will run as admin. But what happen is when the elevator popup message appears and if I click NO the code gives the following error message:

Verb: <RunAs>
Params: <>
--------> Run *RunAs "%A_ScriptFullPath%"

Specifically: The operation was canceled by the user.

knowing that if I click YES everything goes well.
Any help what am I doing wrong? Or if this error is necessary after clicking NO, is there any way to pass that?

Thank you in advance.

[TheDewd]

See link: https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic ... 6595#p6595

In short, UAC must be enabled at the time of your AutoHotkey installation, or else the *RunAs verb for .ahk files is not registered on your system.

[Rami]

Thank you @TheDewd, I will read and test the mentioned way in that link.
But i'm willing to send my script as EXE to friend who has no AHK installed, will it work on his computer?

[lexikos]

It is normal for Run to raise an error if it was unable to run the program. Obviously it is unable to run the program if the user denies it access.

If you don't want to see an error dialog when Run fails, use a try statement or the UseErrorLevel option.

*RunAs does not need to be registered for .ahk files if you are running an .exe file.

[Rami]

Logically, I believe it should be IF Error = 1 Exitapp or something like that, but i'm only couple weeks in AHK so I would be thankful if you could provide me with small example of UseErrorLevel option to avoid seeing the error dialog when Run fails

[wolf_II]

Try this:

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#Persistent
#SingleInstance, force
#NoEnv
#Include StdOutToVar.ahk

; *** Force to run as Administrator ***
if not A_IsAdmin
{
    Run *RunAs "%A_ScriptFullPath%", , UseErrorLevel
    If A_LastError
        MsgBox, you did not allow the script to run!
    ExitApp
}

I hope that helps.

[Rami]

Try this:

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#Persistent
#SingleInstance, force
#NoEnv
#Include StdOutToVar.ahk

; *** Force to run as Administrator ***
if not A_IsAdmin
{
    Run *RunAs "%A_ScriptFullPath%", , UseErrorLevel
    If A_LastError
        MsgBox, you did not allow the script to run!
    ExitApp
}

I hope that helps.

Actually, both, this code and your first code you wrote and deleted in 1 minute worked for me (I copied it, I was faster than you )

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if not A_IsAdmin
{
    try
    {
        Run *RunAs "%A_ScriptFullPath%"
        ExitApp
    }
    catch error
    {
        MsgBox, you did not allow the script to run!
    }
}

Thanks a lot for your help, i would mention that as the correct answer of my question, but seems i can't make 2 answers as a correct answers, or even cancel one and mentioned another...

Also, thank you @lexikos for the new information for me.

[wolf_II]

I deleted the first answer, since it was not using UseErrorLevel, and that was requested, so I changed the script.

[Rami]

lol
Not only worked for me, Try and Catch both are new for me since I'm new here, so double thanks for you