How does a program ask for administrator privileges?

Question

I am developing an application using vb.net. For performing some tasks the application needs administrator privileges in the machine. How to ask for the privileges during th

Answer 1

You can edit the UAC Settings (in VB 2008) which is located in the Project Settings. Look for the line that says

Change level="asInvoker" to

1. level="asInvoker" (same access token as the parent process)
2. level="requireAdministrator (require full administrator)
3. level="highestAvailable" (highest privileges available to the current user)