Installing service programatically on Vista not working if UAC enabled?

[JamesB]

Hi all.

I have a Winforms app that installs a service programatically (as opposed to
using InstallUtil).

If UAC on Vista is disabled, it works fine. Likewise, if the program is
started by right-clicking and picking "Run as Administrator" it works (if
UAC is enabled), but neither option is ideal. I suppose really I want UAC to
pop up it's "do you want to allow this to happen" box when my code does its
thing. Can anyone point me in the direction of how to achieve this?

Thanks!

[=?Utf-8?B?UGV0ZXIgQnJvbWJlcmcgW0MjIE1WUF0=?=]

You can add a manifest that makes your app run with Administrator permissions
using the "mt" utility. Willy DeNoyette describes here:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...71bf72d0ad75a6

-- Peter
Site: http://www.eggheadcafe.com
UnBlog: http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com
MetaFinder: http://www.blogmetafinder.com
"JamesB" wrote:

Hi all.

I have a Winforms app that installs a service programatically (as opposed to
using InstallUtil).

If UAC on Vista is disabled, it works fine. Likewise, if the program is
started by right-clicking and picking "Run as Administrator" it works (if
UAC is enabled), but neither option is ideal. I suppose really I want UAC to
pop up it's "do you want to allow this to happen" box when my code does its
thing. Can anyone point me in the direction of how to achieve this?

Thanks!

[JamesB]

"Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]" <pb*******@yahoo.NoSpamMaam.comwrote in message
news:AB**********************************@microsof t.com...

You can add a manifest that makes your app run with Administrator
permissions
using the "mt" utility. Willy DeNoyette describes here:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...71bf72d0ad75a6

Thanks for the reply - i'll give it a try!