Run java application as administrator priviledge in XP

Question

I have created a small program in java which reads the UninstallString of an application from registry and then using

Process p = Runtime.getRuntime.exec("command")

to uninstall this application. But this task require administrator priviledge.

On Windows Vista, 7 and 8 this work fine by creating a bat file with the following command "java -jar java_app.jar", right click on the bat file and run as administrator.

But on XP, my account is an administrator account but still it fails to run the java program as administrator.

Can anyone provide me with some solutions which can solve this problem?

Take a look at this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5642892/java-getruntime-exec-an-exe-that-requires-uac — Aiden Thompson, Feb 14 '13 at 09:38

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 14 '13 at 12:21

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You can use RunAs command:

RUNAS /TrustLevel:Unrestricted notepad.exe

You can find trust levels available on you system:

RUNAS /ShowTrustLevels

The following liks explains that in more details http://blog.johnmuellerbooks.com/2011/04/26/simulating-users-with-the-runas-command.aspx

answered Feb 14 '13 at 12:21

Omar MEBARKI

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I tried adding this to the bat file: runas /TrustLevel:Unrestricted "java -jar java_app.jar" to launch the program with elevation but still the java application does not run as administrator – nasiroudin Feb 14 '13 at 13:59
What about Process p = Runtime.getRuntime.exec("RUNAS /TrustLevel:Unrestricted command") ? – Omar MEBARKI Feb 14 '13 at 14:08
I tried this also but unfortunately its the same. Will wrapping the .jar file to .exe do the job? – nasiroudin Feb 14 '13 at 14:17
execute RUNAS /ShowTrustLevels and try with an other trust level. – Omar MEBARKI Feb 15 '13 at 07:09

Run java application as administrator priviledge in XP

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