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Hichhiker · 17th June 2008, 04:27

OK, I am not sure if there is something is wrong with this method, but I came across this and have not seen a reference to it anywhere on NSIS forum. I think it is way easier than anything else proposed here and seems to work great.

Basically the "Run As Administrator" is simply a registry value stored in "Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\layers" , so you can use:

code:


 WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\layers" \

"$MY_SHORCUT_OR_EXE" "RUNASADMIN"

Obviously replace $MY_SHORCUT_OR_EXE with your executable or shortcut. You can replace HKLM with HKCU for user specific setting instead of all users.

I figured I'd share.

-HH

17th June 2008, 04:27	#6
Hichhiker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 6	OK, I am not sure if there is something is wrong with this method, but I came across this and have not seen a reference to it anywhere on NSIS forum. I think it is way easier than anything else proposed here and seems to work great. Basically the "Run As Administrator" is simply a registry value stored in "Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\layers" , so you can use: code: WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\layers" \ "$MY_SHORCUT_OR_EXE" "RUNASADMIN" Obviously replace $MY_SHORCUT_OR_EXE with your executable or shortcut. You can replace HKLM with HKCU for user specific setting instead of all users. I figured I'd share. -HH