uac

Is it possible to programmatically disable UAC in Vista? Or, can I make my application run unrestricted by the UAC setting in any way? FYI, the application needs to mount hard drives on the fly, which is why I can't ask for UAC permission each time... Update: I'm looking for something in line with what Kosi2801 mentioned, basically to ask the user to always start the program in an 'elevated' mode. I'd want the permission to be a 1 time thing, I'm not saying that I programmatically disable UAC without asking permission first. I'm sure there are lots of programs that need to operate in this mode

As pointed out in Writing config file in C:\Program Files (x86)\MyApp\myapp.cfg, vs. Administrator privilege , it is not a good idea to write a config file in C:\Program Files (x86)\MyApp\myapp.cfg . Instead of this, my software now saves its data in a subdir of %ALLUSERSPROFILE% (ex : C:\ProgramData\MyApp\myapp.cfg on Win7) [I use myfile = open(filename, 'a') in Python to do this.] I now encounter an issue about this file : I installed the software with User A , and ran it, then the file C:\ProgramData\MyApp\myapp.cfg was written. Then, I changed user to User B , and ran my software again :

What is the easiest way to add the <requestedPrivileges> manifest info to a Delphi XE project (.exe)? Is it possible to add just the required node like: <requestedPrivileges> <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator"/> </requestedPrivileges> or do i have to add the whole manifest file, like? <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0"> <assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" processorArchitecture="X86" name="VistaLogonCustomizer.exe" type="*"/> <description>elevate execution level</description>