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grzech · 12th October 2007, 02:45

I use rundll.exe to execute the function in my dll. So theoretically I could provide a standalone exe for that. However I put that inside a dll long time ago (before Vista) because I wanted to make things simpler.

Anyway I noticed that on Windows Vista it's the 21st byte of the .lnk file that marks whether the shortcut is launched with elevated rights or not. I could simply modify that byte after .lnk is created (in case we are installing on Vista), but that would be an ugly hack.

12th October 2007, 02:45	#3
grzech Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 31	I use rundll.exe to execute the function in my dll. So theoretically I could provide a standalone exe for that. However I put that inside a dll long time ago (before Vista) because I wanted to make things simpler. Anyway I noticed that on Windows Vista it's the 21st byte of the .lnk file that marks whether the shortcut is launched with elevated rights or not. I could simply modify that byte after .lnk is created (in case we are installing on Vista), but that would be an ugly hack.