How to launch an application with admin rights in c++?

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I need to do some registry operations & other system operations for that i need admin permission. currently user have to start my application as "Run as administrator".

so How could i launch my application with admin rights?

See related question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/666672/forcing-my-mfc-app-to-run-as-administrator-on-vista — Naveen, Jun 19 '12 at 05:05

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 19 '12 at 05:13

CreateProcessAsUser or CreateProcessWithLogonW is the main thing you need. For CreateProcessAsUser, you'll need to use a few other things to make it do its tricks though (e.g., AdjustTokenPrivileges to enable the privileges it uses, and LogonUser to get a user's token).

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 19 '12 at 07:25

You can also use ShellExecuteEx() for this purpose. This routine expects a SHELLEXECUTEINFO structure to be passed to it. The relevant attribute of this structure is "lpverb" which has to be set to a value "runas". This will ensure that the task that is run with elevated priveleges.

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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The answers deal with starting it programatically, but if the program's entire purpose is to run as admin to make these changes, you can add an appropriate manifest to make Windows elevate for you.

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answered Jun 19 '12 at 15:53

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 19 '12 at 16:01

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If just part of your application needs admin access, look at COM elevation.

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How to launch an application with admin rights in c++?

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