How to create a shortcut with "Run as administrator" checked

Voxen06 · 29th May 2007, 11:15

Hi,

I need NSIS to create my application's shortcut with "Run as administrator" checked by defaut, because otherwise the application auto-update feature doesn't work (updated .exe cannot be written to C:\Program Files).

I tried to set RequestExecutionLevel admin but it doesn't help.

Is it possible to do that from NSIS? I really don't want to ask customers to manually set this checkbox manually after the installation.

Thanks for your help!

Afrow UK · 29th May 2007, 11:43

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d....mspx?mfr=true
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d....mspx?mfr=true

Stu

Voxen06 · 29th May 2007, 13:26

I'm not sure this is what I need.

The "runas" will ask for administrator password each time the application is launched, right?

I need that application runs as administrator when the user double click on the shortcut, exactly like if he does check the "Run as administrator" from the shortcut properties.

Afrow UK · 29th May 2007, 14:34

You may have missed the 2nd link which I added a second later.

Stu

Voxen06 · 29th May 2007, 15:35

Thanks for your help, but it still doesn't make it.

I tried to create a shortcut with this:
runas /user:ComputerName\administrator "C:\Program Files\App\App.exe"

When I double click the shortcut, it opens a command line window that asks for my password.

The shortcut is a half part of the problem, because my application is also started with Windows (from the registry's Run key) and it has to start with administrator privileges too.

Afrow UK · 29th May 2007, 16:06

I came across this:
http://www.softtreetech.com/24x7/archive/53.htm

Stu

Anders · 19th December 2007, 20:43

sample code @ http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/ar...9/6801084.aspx hopefully someone can convert it to system plugin code

grzech · 20th December 2007, 14:11

Here is the full code with error handling I wrote for that:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hreadid=278764

It's C++ though. I put that in our dll and simply executed upon successful install using rundll32.

PS. Sorry for bumping an old thread - mistake due to message filtering.

29th May 2007, 11:15	#1
Voxen06 Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3	How to create a shortcut with "Run as administrator" checked Hi, I need NSIS to create my application's shortcut with "Run as administrator" checked by defaut, because otherwise the application auto-update feature doesn't work (updated .exe cannot be written to C:\Program Files). I tried to set RequestExecutionLevel admin but it doesn't help. Is it possible to do that from NSIS? I really don't want to ask customers to manually set this checkbox manually after the installation. Thanks for your help!

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29th May 2007, 11:43	#2
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d....mspx?mfr=true http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d....mspx?mfr=true Stu

29th May 2007, 13:26	#3
Voxen06 Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3	I'm not sure this is what I need. The "runas" will ask for administrator password each time the application is launched, right? I need that application runs as administrator when the user double click on the shortcut, exactly like if he does check the "Run as administrator" from the shortcut properties.

29th May 2007, 14:34	#4
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	You may have missed the 2nd link which I added a second later. Stu

29th May 2007, 15:35	#5
Voxen06 Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3	Thanks for your help, but it still doesn't make it. I tried to create a shortcut with this: runas /user:ComputerName\administrator "C:\Program Files\App\App.exe" When I double click the shortcut, it opens a command line window that asks for my password. The shortcut is a half part of the problem, because my application is also started with Windows (from the registry's Run key) and it has to start with administrator privileges too.

29th May 2007, 16:06	#6
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	I came across this: http://www.softtreetech.com/24x7/archive/53.htm Stu

20th December 2007, 14:11	#8
grzech Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 31	Here is the full code with error handling I wrote for that: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hreadid=278764 It's C++ though. I put that in our dll and simply executed upon successful install using rundll32. PS. Sorry for bumping an old thread - mistake due to message filtering.