Top "Uac" questions

This tag is used for questions concerning the User Account Control (UAC) security feature of Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8 and higher versions of Windows.

Correct way to deal with UAC in C#

I have an application (Windows service) that is installed into a directory in the Program Files folder. Alongside this application …

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NSIS: Installing an Application to always Run as Administrator

I have a NSIS script that is working well for a large application. I have read many threads all over …

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Windows 7 and Vista UAC - Programmatically requesting elevation in C#

I have a program that only requires elevation to Admin on very rare occasions so I do not want to …

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How does Windows decide whether to display the UAC prompt?

In my VB6 application I open other EXE files. My application runs without any UAC prompt, but I have an …

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WindowsError: [Error 740] The requested operation requires elevation even after disabling UAC

I have disabled UAC and running my script in python. command = "abcd.exe" subprocess.Popen(command,stdout=subprocess.PIPE,stderr=…

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Program Compatibility Assistant thinks my app is an installer

I have created a .NET C# WinForms application on Win 7 RTM x64, which let's say I have called DataInstaller. When …

c# .net windows-7 uac manifest
Detect if program is running with full administrator rights

I need to determine if my program is running with full administrator rights. By that I mean if uac is …

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How do I elevate my UAC permissions from Java?

I need to use the systemRoot feature of the Preferences API, but it fails due to lack of permissions on …

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Embedding an application manifest into a VB6 exe

I have recently gone through a bunch of standalone utility apps written in VB6 to make sure that registry virtualization …

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How to detect file redirection to the Windows VirtualStore?

Since the release of Win Vista, Microsoft introduced file virtualization for legacy applications running as 32bit processes. Released as part …

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