uac

My application creates a log file when it connects or disconnects a server. This works well win win XP. There are no issues while I run it as admin in Vista and Win 7. But if I run this as a standard user in Vista or Win7 then it fails to create the log file, and I know this is for UAC. But how can I bypass this situation so that my app will run as admin . DO I need to add any registry entry while installing my application so that it will always run as administrator. If you really want to, you can add a manifest that causes your application to require UAC elevation when it is launched, but

When I was working with file association in a .NET application I hadn't had found a way to set it without UAC popping up a confirmation dialog. Today, when I opened uTorrent and looked up for file association, I've found that you can enable (writing to registry) without any confirmation from the UAC. How is that possible? uTorrent is not running as an admin. Edit: Well, I have just discovered with Process Monitor (Sysinternals) that what uTorrent.exe does is to create a few keys ( uTorrent and .torrent ) but in HKCU ( HKEY_CURRENT_USER ), not in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT . Anyways I also have those

In the [Run] section of an Inno Setup script, there's a flag runasoriginaluser that allows the script to run a process as the original user: the spawned process will execute with the (normally non-elevated) credentials of the user that started Setup initially (i.e., the "pre-UAC dialog" credentials). Is there an equivalent flag or workaround for the {userdocs} shell folder constant? This is apparently a known limitation within Inno Setup (and other installers, generally), but I'm hoping someone knows a workaround. Excerpt from the Inno Setup help file: The "user" constants refer to the profile

I have a Delphi 6 program that for most users installs fine while running under a user account without admin privileges. However, on some systems it triggers a request for admin rights. Unfortunately mine isn't one of them so it's hard for me to diagnose this problem. I use InnoSetup 5.1.9 to build my install programs. How can I figure out what I need to change about my installation program's configuration to neutralize the need for admin rights on some people's systems? It's causing trouble for my system because during installation, certain program data files are being copied into the admin

I'm working on a custom remote desktop in Java using java.awt.Robot on Windows 7. It all works apart from running a Command Prompt as an administrator. The UAC dialog appears, however button clicks are not accepted on the Yes button using mousePress() / mouseRelease() , neither are key presses with keyPress() / keyRelease() . The application is launched via a launch4j launcher in launcher rather than wrap mode. Things I've done so far Disabled secure desktop for UAC. This allowed the screen grabber part of the application to at least 'see' the prompt Changed group policy to disable

My application stores log files in a location which, depending on admin settings, can get redirected to a folder in the VirtualStore. They sometimes end up in, for example: The log file is in: C:\Users\-my username-\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\ *my-application* \logs C# thinks it is here: C:\Program Files (x86)\ my-application \logs This is only a problem in one part of the code - a button which tries to open the log file in notepad. It runs Process.Start( path-where-application-thinks-log-files-are ); If I test this using File.Exists( path-where-application-thinks-log-files