Can I get admin privileges?

[ninja9578]

I'm logged into my computer as admin, however, I don't think my program is running at that level because it fails to open a file c:\test.txt.

I think the problem is that my program is run from an NSIS installer, which uses ExecWait to run it. I think this causes my program to have less than admin privileges. Is there a way to request admin privileges?

[spectrum]

hi,

i would try

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/UAC_plug-in

regards,

[mac]

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Is there a way to request admin privileges?

You're talking about Vista right?
Yes, you can annoy the user with a box every time! ^_^'

Add a 'vista.manifest' file to your app's *.rc
like so: 1 24 "vista.manifest"

and in the manifest xml file add:

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<trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
    <security>
      <requestedPrivileges>
        <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false"/>
      </requestedPrivileges>
    </security>
  </trustInfo>