UAC and Java

Question

Is it possible to ask for elevated permissions from within a Java Application? Suggestions I\'ve seen seem to all be centered around running an external executable or setti

Answer 1

Looks like Sun will have to handle that kind of situation in the JRE since there's no other way of doing elevated actions than by running an external process.

If JRE supported it, JVM would probably have to run a separate, elevated process for the java code requesting the elevation.

For now however, only the manifest or running an external application are the only solutions available as far as I know.

The question is, what do you need elevation for?