"The requested operation requires elevation" message after setup

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chubbyk picture chubbyk · Nov 15, 2010 · Viewed 11.3k times · Source

I created setup program for one application in inno setup , where I'm trying to run application after install, but I get this message under Windows 7 :

The requested operation requires elevation.

I know it's because of admin privileges. Is there a way to overcome this (except of running the setup.exe as an administrator) ?

Answer

Martin Dimitrov picture Martin Dimitrov · May 20, 2013

This is occurring because the executable is marked as requiring elevation.

If you try to run the application from the [Run] section with the postinstall flag, you can add the shellexec flag. If you do that then Inno Setup will start the application with the ShellExecute function rather than CreateProcess. This will make Windows bring up the UAC and run the application with elevated privileges if needed.

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