Dana Epp's ramblings at the Sanctuary: Useful registry hack to "Run As" MSI packages


« Interested in a job as Security Vulnerability Engineer? \| Main \| OCT 31 = DEC 25... 'Merry Treat!' » December 15, 2005 Useful registry hack to "Run As" MSI packages Oh man what a find today! I noticed a post on Michael Willer's blog where he shows how to tweak the registry so you can finally right click and "Run As" MSI packages when you are running with least privilege in Windows. Run regedit.exe under an account with administrative privileges Create the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Msi.Package\shell\runas\ Set the default value to Install &as... Create the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Msi.Package\shell\runas\command\ Set the default value to msiexec /i "%1" This is uber kewl. It drives me nuts when I download an MSI and can't simply right-click and Run-As to install. Thanks for the tip Michael! Posted by SilverStr at December 15, 2005 02:23 PM \| TrackBack Comments Cool tip. Thx However, I've found that you can simply copy the runas key from HKCR\exefile\shell as well. This is a slightly different form, and labels it as "Run as..." on the context menu, but seems to be functionally equivalent. I put it in a .reg file at http://www.scottes.com/MSIRunAs.reg Posted by: Scotte at December 15, 2005 04:38 PM Brilliant! Posted by: Mike at December 16, 2005 03:17 AM		My 5 Favorite Books Writing Secure Code Secure Programming Cookbook Security Engineering Secure Coding Principles & Practice Inside the Security Mind My 5 Favorite Papers Smashing the Stack Penetration Studies Covert Channel Analysis of Trusted Systems DoD Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria NSA Security Recommendation Guides Archives November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 April 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 December 2002 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 July 2002 GeoURL

December 15, 2005

Useful registry hack to "Run As" MSI packages