Debug a program that needs administrator rights under Windows 7

Question

I\'m running Visual Studio 2008 on Windows 7 64-bit. I\'m logged in as administrator, and I\'m running it as administrator, but the program I\'m working on fa

Answer 1

It's best to run Visual Studio 2008 as administrator. Moreover, it's good to change your application's manifest settings to require administrator privileges. You will be prompted by the system to elevate to system administrator each time you start your application, and when running under Visual Studio 2008 the IDE will offer you the elevation before start of debugging.

To change the setting, open project properties and go to Configuration Properties → Linker → Manifest file → UAC Execution Level.