Using Dynamic Environment Manager to run a script with elevated privileges

Products

• VMware Horizon 8

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information on how to use the User Environment Manager to run a script with elevated permissions.

Resolution

To run a script with elevated permissions using User Environment Manager:

1. Convert the script into an executable format.

Example:

For Powershell script, download and use the PS2EXE : "Convert" PowerShell Scripts to EXE Files script.

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Note: There are similar tools available for batch files, vb scripts, and so on.

2. Use the UEM Management Console to enable Privilege Elevation.
3. Create a UEM Privilege Elevation rule to elevate the script-executable.

You can use any of the three elevated application type rules (hash-based, path-based or publisher-based).

4. If you want to run the script-executable at logon, create a UEM shortcut to the script-executable in the Startup folder.

Note: Do not enable the Run asynchronous check box on this UEM shortcut as you might experience timing issue and the script will not execute.