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run program at startup AND auto-enter credentials
chamberlain
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Let me see if I can explain this.
I am looking for something, be it a batch file or bit of script, that will open a program at startup and enter in a username and password automatically. Just putting a shortcut in the startup folder will not work because the program prompts for authentication. Runas at the command line will not work because the program does not require any special rights to run.
I saw this done at a client and love it, but the jerks wont tell me how they did it. It looked like something ran at startup to do this, because it failed when I installed my program to the wrong directory.
I am looking for something, be it a batch file or bit of script, that will open a program at startup and enter in a username and password automatically. Just putting a shortcut in the startup folder will not work because the program prompts for authentication. Runas at the command line will not work because the program does not require any special rights to run.
I saw this done at a client and love it, but the jerks wont tell me how they did it. It looked like something ran at startup to do this, because it failed when I installed my program to the wrong directory.
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I've made AutoIt scripts to do the very same thing.
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If it's command line driven, couldn't he just echo the login and password?
Or pipe input from a text file, if it just needs to get the authentication on startup.
I'd go with AutoIt though, because then it's at least encapsulated in its own little file that can run minimized in the taskbar and not have any output that can be redirected. But we still don't know enough about the app itself to answer 100% Fo' Sho'.
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The password did not need to remain secure at all, the program just had to run.
For the curious:
Dim shell
Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
shell.Run Chr(34) & sFile & Chr(34), 1, false
Set shell = Nothing
End Sub
Run "C:\Program Files\Stromberg40\BIN\TimeManager40.exe"
Wscript.Sleep 20*1000
CreateObject("WScript.Shell").AppActivate "System Log-In"
CreateObject("WScript.Shell").SendKeys "event{TAB}"
CreateObject("WScript.Shell").SendKeys "event{ENTER}"
I am sure it could be written better, but I found bits of code it two different places that I pieced together.
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A scheduled task wont enter a user name and password into a program, though.