Keystrokes not working in an MMC window

[AndyF]

Hi all,

 

I have created a simple macro for getting the properties of an entry in a Microsoft Management Console window:

 

Alt+ A, R ( for properties), Tab (to relevant entry), Enter ( to open properties) , Copy highlighted field to clipboard - dead simple. If I just do this manually with key presses, all works well. If I use the script, it does nothing. I have added a message box at the end to check it finishes but that doesn't work either.

 

I had thought that because I was running this from my own PC, into a Citrix session, and on to and RDP session, it was getting lost in the mix somewhere, but I have installed MEX on the RDP machine and it still fails. I added some long pauses in case of latency.

 

I also tested on my own PC in an MMC window displaying Local users and groups, and that fails too.

 

It seems that I cannot run any scripted keyboard presses in a console window.

 

Can anyone shed any light on this or let me know if there is a workaround?

 

Many thanks

 

Andy

 

 

[acantor]

I tried running a global macro in MMC, and I tried creating a window-specific macro for MMC, as well. 

 

Neither script did anything!

 

Perhaps try running Macro Express in Administrative mode?

[AndyF]

That seems to be working , thanks for the pointer. 

 

Running as Admin is a bit of a pain, but when it is finished, it will be a once-only script to export several hundred databases. so worth persevering with.

 

Thanks

 

Andy

[Cory]

This is by design. Many sensitive Windows system apps require admin level privileges in order to work. It's a security measure. 

[Samrae]

Macro Express cannot interact with another program running with admin privileges unless it too is running with admin privileges.