Copying a file using VBS in to a Windows Directory, getting permission denied

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I'm trying to simplify an install for a group of people I work with that have very little computer skills. I have a vbs script that copies various configuration files in to their proper directories. However, there is one file that I cannot get to copy.

I am trying to copy a new file called hosts in to the C:\windows\systems32\drivers\etc folder and I keep getting permission denied no matter what I do.

Const OverWriteExisting = True
Dim fso

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
fso.CopyFile "C:\users\IBM_ADMIN\Desktop\Colgate Socks\hosts", "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts", OverWriteExisting

Any ideas?

Best Answer

Run as administrator?

You can do this through task scheduler easily.

Another option was from How to run scripts as administrator in Windows 7?

Put this at the start of your script

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
If WScript.Arguments.length = 0 Then
Set ObjShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
ObjShell.ShellExecute "wscript.exe", """" & _
WScript.ScriptFullName & """" &_
 " RunAsAdministrator", , "runas", 1
Else
[your code here]
end if
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