how to detect Windows UAC UI dialog

[janiv]

Hi All,

I'm creating an automation program that run other programs, I need to detect if the Windows UAC UI dialog is appears.
I didn't find anything that can help me detect the dialog elevation itself.
Any ideas ??
Please help.....

[Aimee Bailey]

Unless you run the application using elevated privileges, the application will be ran in user-land (a sandbox in which windows applications run), which is governed by UAC (unless disabled), not the other way round, so no you can't detect it. UAC is designed to protect a system from user-land applicationss changing things when they shouldn’t, ideally, you should program your app to not need to get past UAC in the first place.

[Subin Ninan]

Embed an application manifest within your program with "requireAdministrator" attribute.

Edit "Secure Folder" with your ProjectName in following manifest file.
Save it as "YourAppName.exe.manifest" in your project directory.
To embed this manifest in VS 2008 go to:
Project Properties > "Application" tab > in "Manifest" comboBox select this manifest file.
(if this manifest file is not shown in this comboBox, open solution explorer and right-click on this manifest file and select "Include in project".


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" processorArchitecture="X86" name="SecureFolder" type="win32" />
<description>SecureFolder</description>
<trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
<security>
<requestedPrivileges>
<requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false" />
</requestedPrivileges>
<applicationRequestMinimum>
<defaultAssemblyRequest permissionSetReference="Custom" />
<PermissionSet class="System.Security.PermissionSet" version="1.3" Unrestricted="true" ID="Custom" SameSite="site" />
</applicationRequestMinimum>
</security>
</trustInfo>
</assembly>



You need to have administrative rights to edit registry.