How to run cmd as Trusted Installer, not merely as Administrator?


glnz

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In Win 11, is there a way to run cmd as Trusted Installer, not merely as an Administrator? (I have a VM of Win 11 Pro 64-bit version 21H2, which I run in Hyper-V on my Win 10 Pro 64-bit machine (version 21H1) as host. I would like to be able to be Trusted Installer in cmd in the Win 11 VM.)

I can do this in Win 10 as follows:

First, in Win 10, I have the following files in C:\Windows\System32:
RunasSystem.au3
RunasSystem.exe
RunasSystem64..exe
RunFromToken.au3
RunFromToken.exe
RunFromToken64.exe

Second, also in System32, I have a file named Tido.cmd which has the following lines:
net.exe start trustedinstaller
runassystem64.exe "runfromtoken64.exe trustedinstaller.exe 1 cmd.exe"
exit

Third, on my Desktop, I have a shortcut to the above Tido.cmd that is set to Run as Administrator.

If I right-click that Shortcut to Tido.cmd and Run as Administrator (which I do anyway), it opens a cmd window in which (after five seconds during which the cmd sheds its identity as Clark Kent and becomes Superman) I am Trusted Installer, not merely Administrator. In that cmd window, when I ask whoami, the answer is nt authority\system.

From there, I can change history.

So - will the equivalent work in Win 11?

EDIT - In Win 11, the folder C:\Windows\System32 is Read Only. I don't remember that being the case in my Win 10 but I could be wrong. Is it possible to paste in my seven files while leaving this System32 as Read Only?
 
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System One

  • OS
    A Hyper-V Virtual Machine of Win 11 Pro 64-bit v 21H2 running on Win 10 Pro 64-bit v 21H1 host
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Optiplex 7010
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-3470 CPU with four cores
    Memory
    16GB RAM, of which 8GB is assigned to the Win 11 VM

 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
    Motherboard
    Erica6
    Memory
    Micron Technology DDR4-3200 16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC671
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    Samsung SyncMaster U28E590
    Screen Resolution
    3840 x 2160
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    SAMSUNG MZVLQ1T0HALB-000H1
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