Tools for UAC elevation?

Discussion in 'Application Software' started by tum0r, Aug 26, 2009.

  1. tum0r

    tum0r MDL Novice

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    I've tried a few, UAC Powertoys and ElevatorRunner. Anybody have anything else, or a quick and dirty manifest guide?

    Thanks in advance
     
  2. FreeStyler

    FreeStyler MDL Guru

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    UACSnooze, TweakUAC
     
  3. tum0r

    tum0r MDL Novice

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    Thanks for those, maybe I should clarify; I need to elevate UAC privileges from an installer I've written. It works great if you choose "run as administrator", but some users dont, which causes alot of problems. So I'm looking for a tool to auto-elevate UAC that I can include in my installer, or if someone could give me a sample .manifest file to play with and some ideas on how to properly add it to my package....
     
  4. twiz

    twiz MDL Senior Member

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  5. tum0r

    tum0r MDL Novice

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    Wow, thanks Twiz. That actually looks like it might help alot. I'll play with it see how it goes.
     
  6. Blazer1

    Blazer1 MDL Novice

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    Manifest file:

    COPY BELOW, Save as same name of the exe. (MyApp.exe.manifest)


    <?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="ExeName"
    type="win32"/>
    <description>elevate execution level</description>
    <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
    <security>
    <requestedPrivileges>
    <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false"/>
    </requestedPrivileges>
    </security>
    </trustInfo>
    </assembly>
     
  7. tum0r

    tum0r MDL Novice

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    Thanks Blazer1,

    Imust be doing something wrong. I'm still getting UAC popups. This is the manifest I'm playing with:

    <?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="setup.exe"
    type="win32"/>
    <description>elevate execution level</description>
    <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
    <security>
    <requestedPrivileges>
    <requestedExecutionLevel level="highestAvailable" uiAccess="false"/>
    </requestedPrivileges>
    </security>
    </trustInfo>
    </assembly>

    Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?
     
  8. secr9tos

    secr9tos MDL Addicted

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    well I found this on the net.