VB.Net - Elevate Privileges

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How can I elevate my program on demand? (For example when clicking a button). I don't like to set the privileges in the manifests file, I am talking about elevating my VB.Net program at runtime. Does anyone know how to do this? I appreciate every helpful answer :)

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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You can't elevate your program on demand as such. Your options are:

Restart your application using the RunAs verb (see start batch file from within vb.net as admin)
Start your application with the required privileges in the first place

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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answered Feb 04 '14 at 14:04

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 16 '22 at 04:17

Okay, using the RunAs-Method to elevate it. (This requires a restart tho)

Private Sub RestartElevated()
    Dim startInfo As New ProcessStartInfo()
    startInfo.UseShellExecute = True
    startInfo.WorkingDirectory = Environment.CurrentDirectory
    startInfo.FileName = Application.ExecutablePath
    startInfo.Verb = "runas"
    Try
        Dim p As Process = Process.Start(startInfo)
    Catch ex As System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception
        Return
    End Try

    Application.[Exit]()
End Sub

VB.Net - Elevate Privileges

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