This is about me being stressed by playing the game "type a command and remember to prepend sudo or your fingers will get slapped". I am wondering if it is possible somehow to configure my Linux system or shell such that when I forget to type e.g. "sudo apt-get install emacs", instead of just telling me that I did something wrong, gksud...
I have created application installer using Wix. I have a ProgressBar control present on the screen with copying files etc. When UAC is enabled, after this screen appeared, it freezed for a 10 or more seconds and then UAC prompt is displayed : "Do you want to allow the following program to install software on this computer?". My question...
How to trick UAC in Vista and Windows 7? How can I run something that needs not just administrator rights, but especially must be told to run as Administrator. I've tried start a process with given admin credentials, and even tried to use win32 function CreateProcessAsUser, but still unless I tell it manually "run as Administrator" it d...
I recently updated my VB6 application and now include a exe.manifest file to prevent UAC Virtualization. After applying this update some users can't find their data files (Access MDB) and after a system search they end up finding it in C:\Users\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files(x86) What is this folder area for and how/when do f...
I've written a program with a manifest that includes requireAdministrator. On Windows 7 systems with UAC enabled, Windows pops up a dialog asking for permissions, as it should. Works great. If a user starts my program by right-clicking it and choosing "Run as administrator", then Windows 7 also pops up a dialog asking for permissions....
Windows 7, Vista, Server 2008, UAC is activated Program must be stated with admin rights to make some installation actions. After that I want my program to continue work with non-admin rights. How can I restart it with not administrative rights? P.S. My program reinstall itself. I don't want distribute any additional programs for ...
We've started testing an application on Windows 7. We first got the "unknown provider" message. We signed the application and now get a message: Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to your computer? None of these messages were generated in Vista. I know UAC is enhanced in Win 7. It has been difficult to...
I want to create a child process in my application that will run not inherit the parent's UAC. The parent runs as administrator, and I want the child process to a run as a simple user w/o elevation. Does anyone know how this can be done? I'm coding in c#. Thanks! ...
I have a program installed in ProgramData. I use UAB 2.1 to updating app but it's failed because accessing to the path is denied (OK with text files so I think there's problem with UAC). How can I get overwriting rights in ProgramData/MyAppFolder or display a dialog to notice user give overwriting rights for updater. Many thanks in adva...
In my Win32 application I have the ability to run child processes with redirected input and output to anonymous pipes that I create and manage - this all works with the CreateProcess() function. However on Win7 (and presumably Vista) if that process is required to be run as administrator then this fails. So what I am looking for is a way...
I'm trying to figure out how to solve the privilege acquisition. The application requires a desktop access, so it cannot be executed as a Windows service: it have to create a window for receiving message sent by other processes using SendMessage (it must be used for waiting message acknowledge). The application shall be started when an...
Hi All, Is it possible to programmatically set the "Run As Administrator" flag on exe file or shortcut file? Does Installshield support this functionality if i'll do it as part of the installation process? I'm trying to find the relevant command line / API / installshield command for this. Thanks, Lior ...
C++ how to programatically change system IP... and if the the account has Limited Rights how to use the password to perform the task ...
I have a Browser Helper Object that I would like to be installable by limited (non-administrator) users. Unfortunately, it seems that the COM object must be registered in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and it must be listed as BHO there as well. The respective HKEY_CURRENT_USER keys don't seem to have any effect. I also tried some well-known extens...
I am writing a service for Windows Vista/7 which needs read/write/delete access to the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons Are there any special considerations I must make just in case the target system has UAC enabled and the service must always run with administrator privi...
We've got a VB6 application that reads a simple text file with a .LIC file extension. When everything is working correctly, if the file exists in the same directory as the executable, it reads it. If not, it does other stuff. I've got a customer with Windows 7 machines, and if he right-clicks the EXE and "Runs as Administrator" it "sees...
I'm trying to build a python script and freeze it with cx-freeze but with Vista User Access Control support. As it stands my script runs fine under Server 2003/Win XP, however I need to be able to write files into the root of a drive which requires elevated privileges under UAC. My compiled script is then executed by another process (s...
With UAC disabled, I need to create a process with the same characteristics as the process created with UAC enabled - basically I'm emulating process creation with UAC enabled. My only roadblock is virtualization. The sample code below should create an instance of notedpad at medium IL with virtualization enabled. In actuality, it cre...
Hello, I am writing a program that is used for simplifying the download of an application installer. The app is really simple in it's working: it just asks the BITS subsystem to download a ZIP from the net and decompress it on the user's desktop and run the second stage installer (the idea is that many of our end users are too dumb to b...
When i install my C# app in window 7, UAC always show. I'm not logged in as Administrator but i want my application to be installed without the UAC. Can you give me ways on how to do it? THanks, jepe ...