Use setacl to change Power Options - Revision history

Jchaven: Fixed bug -- SetACL will only work with a DOS batch file

2006-05-05T15:33:39Z

Fixed bug -- SetACL will only work with a DOS batch file

â† Older revision		Revision as of 15:33, 5 May 2006
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	== Description ==		== Description ==
	This script creates an installer that changes the Registry on Windows XP computers allowing Limited user accounts to change the Power Options in the Control Panel. It uses the freeware application "setacl" to change the registry and "Powercfg.exe" that comes with Windows.		This script creates an installer that changes the Registry on Windows XP computers allowing Limited user accounts to change the Power Options in the Control Panel. It uses the freeware application "setacl" to change the registry and "Powercfg.exe" that comes with Windows. You have to create two files a DOS batch with the commands that run SetACL and an NSIS installer to extract and run the batch.

	NOTE: Other than putting this into an .exe this is not my work. Thanks should go specifically to "Murmansk" and "Darth Scream" on Aaron Margosis' MSDN blog. I just copied and pasted their examples and it worked!		NOTE: Other than putting this into an .exe this is not my work. Thanks should go specifically to "Murmansk" and "Darth Scream" on Aaron Margosis' MSDN blog. I just copied and pasted their examples and it worked!

	== The Script ==		== The Script ==

	<highlight-nsis>		<highlight-nsis>
	; Installer: Fix_Power_Settings.exe		; Installer: Fix_Power_Settings.exe
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	; http://setacl.sourceforge.net/		; http://setacl.sourceforge.net/
	; http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370263.aspx		; http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370263.aspx
			;
			; NOTE:
			; Must use a DOS batch file when executing SetACL and Powercfg -- Execwait will not work!
	;		;
	; JCH -- 27 April 2006 -- New		; JCH -- 27 April 2006 -- New
			; JCH -- 04 May 2006 -- Changed to use batch file "power.bat"
	; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------		; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	; HM NIS Edit Wizard helper defines		; HM NIS Edit Wizard helper defines
	!define PRODUCT_NAME "Fix Power Settings"		!define PRODUCT_NAME "Fix Power Settings"
	!define PRODUCT_VERSION "1.0"		!define PRODUCT_VERSION "1.1"
	!define PRODUCT_PUBLISHER "Air Power, Inc."		!define PRODUCT_PUBLISHER "Air Power, Inc."
	!define PRODUCT_WEB_SITE "http://www.airpower-usa.com"		!define PRODUCT_WEB_SITE "http://www.airpower-usa.com"
	!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_NOAUTOCLOSE		!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_NOAUTOCLOSE
	!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_TEXT "Fix complete.\r\n\nThe power settings on this computer have been set to '~~Alays~~ On'."		!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_TEXT "Fix complete.\r\n\nThe power settings on this computer have been set to 'Always On'."
	;!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN "$SYSDIR\RUNDLL32.EXE SHELL32.DLL,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL PrintersFolder"		;!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN "$SYSDIR\RUNDLL32.EXE SHELL32.DLL,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL PrintersFolder"
	;!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN_NOTCHECKED		;!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN_NOTCHECKED
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	;Display text above progress bar		;Display text above progress bar
	SetDetailsPrint textonly		SetDetailsPrint textonly
	DetailPrint "~~Changing the registry~~"		DetailPrint "Running batch file to change permissions"
	SetDetailsPrint none		SetDetailsPrint none

	ExecWait 'c:\install\setacl\~~setacl~~.~~exe -silent -on "\\%computername%\HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\PowerCfg\GlobalPowerPolicy" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:%computername%\users;p:full"~~'		ExecWait 'c:\install\setacl\power.bat'
	ExecWait 'c:\install\setacl\setacl.exe -silent -on "\\%computername%\HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:%computername%\users;p:full"'
	~~ExecWait 'c:\install\setacl\setacl.exe -silent -on "\\%computername%\HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\PowerCfg" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:%computername%\users;p:full"'~~
	~~SectionEnd~~

	~~;Tweak registry~~
	~~Section "Set_Power" SEC15~~
	~~;Display text above progress bar~~
	~~SetDetailsPrint textonly~~
	~~DetailPrint "Setting Power Scheme"~~
	~~SetDetailsPrint none~~

	~~ExecWait 'powercfg.exe /setactive "always on"'~~
	~~SectionEnd~~

	~~Section -Post~~
	SectionEnd		SectionEnd
			</highlight-nsis>
			== DOS Batch File ==
			SetACL appears to only work when run as part of a batch file. Using "ExecWait" within NSIS did not work. The installer will execute this batch which I called "power.bat" and stuck in the SetACL folder.
			<highlight-nsis>
			@ECHO OFF
			c:\install\setacl\setacl.exe -on "\\%computername%\HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\PowerCfg\GlobalPowerPolicy" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:%computername%\users;p:full"
			c:\install\setacl\setacl.exe -on "\\%computername%\HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:%computername%\users;p:full"
			c:\install\setacl\setacl.exe -on "\\%computername%\HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\PowerCfg" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:%computername%\users;p:full"
			powercfg.exe /setactive "Always On"'
	</highlight-nsis>		</highlight-nsis>

Jchaven at 13:45, 28 April 2006

2006-04-28T13:45:32Z

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	http://hmne.sourceforge.net/		http://hmne.sourceforge.net/

			Installer to Change Permissions created using code above (for those who do not want to create their own installer):
			http://www.duncarin.com/wp2/?p=5

	[[Category:Real World Installers]]		[[Category:Real World Installers]]

Jchaven at 13:14, 28 April 2006

2006-04-28T13:14:27Z

New page

== Description ==
This script creates an installer that changes the Registry on Windows XP computers allowing Limited user accounts to change the Power Options in the Control Panel. It uses the freeware application "setacl" to change the registry and "Powercfg.exe" that comes with Windows.

NOTE: Other than putting this into an .exe this is not my work. Thanks should go specifically to "Murmansk" and "Darth Scream" on Aaron Margosis' MSDN blog. I just copied and pasted their examples and it worked!

== The Script ==

<highlight-nsis>
; Installer: Fix_Power_Settings.exe
; Date created: 27 April 2006
; Created by: Charles Haven (jchaven@airpower-usa.com)
;
; This script is used to modify the registry and change the Power Settings for user running
; under Limited accounts. Limited users are restrictaed from changing the Power settings or
; selecting different pre-defined Power Schemes, such as, "Always On".
;
; ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
; http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307066 <-- STUPID MS ANSWER!
; http://setacl.sourceforge.net/
; http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370263.aspx
;
; JCH -- 27 April 2006 -- New
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; HM NIS Edit Wizard helper defines
!define PRODUCT_NAME "Fix Power Settings"
!define PRODUCT_VERSION "1.0"
!define PRODUCT_PUBLISHER "Air Power, Inc."
!define PRODUCT_WEB_SITE "http://www.airpower-usa.com"
!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_NOAUTOCLOSE
!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_TEXT "Fix complete.\r\n\nThe power settings on this computer have been set to 'Alays On'."
;!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN "$SYSDIR\RUNDLL32.EXE SHELL32.DLL,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL PrintersFolder"
;!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN_NOTCHECKED
;!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN_TEXT "Open Printers Folder"

; MUI 1.67 compatible ------
!include "MUI.nsh"

; MUI Settings
!define MUI_ABORTWARNING
!define MUI_ICON "${NSISDIR}\Contrib\Graphics\Icons\modern-install.ico"

; Welcome page
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_WELCOME
; Instfiles page
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_INSTFILES
; Finish page
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_FINISH

; Language files
!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "English"

; MUI end ------

Name "${PRODUCT_NAME} ${PRODUCT_VERSION}"
OutFile "Fix_Power_Settings.exe"
InstallDir "C:\Temp\JCH-INSTALL"
ShowInstDetails nevershow

Section "Extract_Files" SEC05
;Extract SetAcl files to "Install" folder
SetOutPath "C:\Install\"
SetOverwrite try

;Display text above progress bar
SetDetailsPrint textonly
DetailPrint "Extracting SetACL files to Install folder"
SetDetailsPrint none
; Get all files in directory
File /r "SetACL"

SectionEnd

;Tweak registry
Section "Tweak_Registry" SEC10
;Display text above progress bar
SetDetailsPrint textonly
DetailPrint "Changing the registry"
SetDetailsPrint none

ExecWait 'c:\install\setacl\setacl.exe -silent -on "\\%computername%\HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\PowerCfg\GlobalPowerPolicy" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:%computername%\users;p:full"'
ExecWait 'c:\install\setacl\setacl.exe -silent -on "\\%computername%\HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:%computername%\users;p:full"'
ExecWait 'c:\install\setacl\setacl.exe -silent -on "\\%computername%\HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\PowerCfg" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:%computername%\users;p:full"'
SectionEnd

;Tweak registry
Section "Set_Power" SEC15
;Display text above progress bar
SetDetailsPrint textonly
DetailPrint "Setting Power Scheme"
SetDetailsPrint none

ExecWait 'powercfg.exe /setactive "always on"'
SectionEnd

Section -Post
SectionEnd
</highlight-nsis>

== Additional Resources ==
Aaron Margosis' MSDN blog detailing the problem and several ways around it (look at the comments by "Murmansk" and "Darth Scream"):
http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370263.aspx

SetACL.exe on Sourceforge:
http://setacl.sourceforge.net/

HM NIS Editor:
http://hmne.sourceforge.net/

[[Category:Real World Installers]]