How to delete a file from Program Files folder or launch a shortcut file (.lnk) or execute batch file with admin privilage

[EATREVITPOOPCAD]

Ok, so what I am trying to do is very simple, however, which ever way I approach it I am having issues...

I want to delete the file called acad.lsp located in C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2023\Support\

I tried (vl-file-delete) but that fails. I assume AutoCAD wont let you do that...

(vl-file-delete "C:\\Program Files\\Autodesk\\AutoCAD 2023\\Support\\acad.lsp")

So then I decided to try workarounds... I can make a .BAT file to delete acad.lsp and then launch it with AutoLisp

Delete_acad_lsp.bat file looks like this

del "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2023\Support\acad.lsp"

And in AutoLisp I can launch it like this, however, I get access denied because it needs to be run with admin privileges

(startapp "C:\\Program Files\\Autodesk\\AutoCAD 2023\\Support\\Delete_acad_lsp.bat")

So then I decided to make a shortcut pointing to Delete_acad_lsp.bat with administrative privileges. However (startapp) doesn't work on shortcut files...

(startapp "C:\\Users\\Public\\Desktop\\Delete_acad_lsp.lnk")

Any ideas on how I can do this?: I don't care how, I just want to delete acad.lsp from an autolisp routine launched from AutoCAD

[Moshe-A]

@EATREVITPOOPCAD ,

right click AutoCAD shortcut and pick run as administrator, does that solve the issue?

Moshe

[EATREVITPOOPCAD · Accepted solution]

Yes, I did that to the shortcut. However, I couldn't figure out how to launch the shortcut using Autolisp from AutoCAD.

Anyway call me a madman, but this is how I solved the issue. I created another batch file to call that shortcut which calls my delete batch script with administrative privileges LOL