My .Net app needs local admin rights to run. Why?

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My .Net app needs local admin rights to run. Why?

I wrote a WinForms app using .Net and C#. The app accesses DirectoryServices and SQL databases.

The new Win7 workplaces are not allowed to have local admin users and this app will not run.

How can I identify the actions in the app which need local admin rights?

SOLUTION The problem was caused by trying to write to the event log. This was just a nice-to-have so it's gone now. Thanks for the help!

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Run the app as a limited user, and check the call stacks of the exceptions you get.

SLaks 2010-05-05 13:34:37

Not getting that far. Just get 'Program stopped working' message. I do have a try/catch in the main form constructor. This is set as the start object.

paul 2010-05-05 14:37:04

Add a catch block in `Main()` or an `Application.ThreadException` handler and display or log the exception.

SLaks 2010-05-05 14:39:08

SOLUTION The problem was caused by trying to write to the event log. This was just a nice-to-have so it's gone now. Thanks for the help!

paul 2010-05-06 07:39:16

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