The solution for you is to use EXPLORER.exe process. The idea is to run the process in UN-ELEVATED mode, using windows’s file explorer process explorer.exe (info). Lets say the process that we want to launch is on $TEMP\MyUnElevatedProcess.exe. So, for NSIS code, I will just write: (but can be run in ANY language) Exec ‘”$WINDIR\explorer.exe” … Read more
i would relaunch yourself as elevated, passing command line parameters indicating what elevated thing you want to do. You can then jump right to the appropriate form, or just save your HKLM stuff. function RunAsAdmin(hWnd: HWND; filename: string; Parameters: string): Boolean; { See Step 3: Redesign for UAC Compatibility (UAC) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb756922.aspx This code is released … Read more
For those of us working in C#, in the Windows SDK there is a “UACDemo” application as a part of the “Cross Technology Samples”. They find if the current user is an administrator using this method: private bool IsAdministrator { get { WindowsIdentity wi = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent(); WindowsPrincipal wp = new WindowsPrincipal(wi); return wp.IsInRole(WindowsBuiltInRole.Administrator); } } … Read more