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.

How do I integrate UAC into my VB6 program?

I need some code that will add the admin rights icon to command buttons and display the prompt when such …

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UAC elevation does not allow drag and drop

I have a .net application where I need to elevate with admin rights due to accessing some low level win …

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Looking for Delphi 7 code to detect if a program is started with administrator rights?

I am looking for working (obviously) Delphi 7 code so I can check whether my program is started with administrator rights. …

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Launch application after installation complete, with UAC turned on

Good day. I've been building an installer for our product using the WIX(Windows Installer XML) technology. The expected behavior …

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Starting another process with elevation using different user credentials

I'm trying to start an elevated process from with a non-elevated process, but I also need to supply the username …

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How can I get elevated permissions (UAC) via impersonation under a non-interactive login?

I have a class library that keeps system-wide configuration data in the registry (HKLM\Software\XXX). This library is used …

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UAC and Java

Is it possible to ask for elevated permissions from within a Java Application? Suggestions I've seen seem to all be …

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MSI, UAC and Unidentified Publisher. How do I change the Unidentified Publisher?

I am currently working on a MSI package for one of my application. It works well; however, before the installation …

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Vista UAC - Trouble Mapping Network Drives

We have an application that programmatically maps network drives. On Vista with UAC on, we get some strange issues. Our …

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What makes c:\Program Files UAC-protected?

I know that c:\Program Files is UAC-protected, and if I allow a user to install to d:\Program Files, …

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