C# Start program in administration rights

Question

_{Monday, November 8, 2010 8:28 PM}

Hello,

I am writing my application in C#. And I need to run the program as administaror because the program need to move files.

How gonna i do so that when user clicks on it it opens as administrator?

All replies (4)

_{Tuesday, November 9, 2010 6:41 AM ✅Answered | 1 vote}

This may help:

http://www.enusbaum.com/blog/2007/08/26/how-to-run-your-c-application-as-administrator-in-windows-vista/

_{Tuesday, November 9, 2010 7:03 AM ✅Answered | 1 vote}

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb756929.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd371711(VS.85).aspx

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_{Tuesday, November 9, 2010 7:54 AM ✅Answered}

Hello Chechen18,

   Kindly, add the below code in your app.manifest file located in the Properties folder in your project in Solution Explorer:

 <assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" name="MyApplication.app" />
 <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
 <security>
 <requestedPrivileges xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
 <!-- UAC Manifest Options
  If you want to change the Windows User Account Control level replace the 
  requestedExecutionLevel node with one of the following.

 <requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker" uiAccess="false" />
 <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false" />
 <requestedExecutionLevel level="highestAvailable" uiAccess="false" />

  If you want to utilize File and Registry Virtualization for backward 
  compatibility then delete the requestedExecutionLevel node.
 -->
 <requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker" uiAccess="false" />
 </requestedPrivileges>
 <applicationRequestMinimum>
 <defaultAssemblyRequest permissionSetReference="Custom" />
 <PermissionSet class="System.Security.PermissionSet" version="1" Unrestricted="true" ID="Custom" SameSite="site" />
 </applicationRequestMinimum>
 </security>
 </trustInfo>
</asmv1:assembly>

NOTE: All the files and folders in the Program Files will need the Administrator Rights in order to access and execute.

For creating shortcut, you need to create Setup Project. Please find the link for the same:

http://parassanghani.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-create-setup-project-in-vs-2008.html 

Thanks,

Paras Sanghani

http://parassanghani.blogspot.com/

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_{Thursday, November 11, 2010 8:37 AM}

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