Require administrator privileges
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I am making an application that edits the system registry. How can I make the program require administrator privileges? In Windows Vista and 7, I can use a Manifest file with @<requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" />@ Will this work in Windows XP?
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[quote author="stuk" date="1287413908"]Xp doesn't have a UAC.[/quote]
Nevertheless, I have the same problem with Windows7.My situation:
I have a application that working as a windows service (or linux daemon).
And the application that represent "Control Panel" for this service/daemon, it can install/uninstall and start/stop this service.Under windows I build this project with QtSDK 4.7.0 (mingw).
In case when UAC is enabled, I have error "unable to install service" because by default my ControlPanel does not have are embedded manifest with desired privileges.
But if UAC is disabled then all works fine!
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I know this is an old post but did you ever find a fix for this. I am currently in the same situation and need to elevate the priveleges of my application in order for it to work as required.
I have managed to find out that I need to include a manifest file within my application in order to achieve this but I cannot find any resources on how to do this on the net.
Thanks in advance
Scott