Error in webautomation using vb6 in windows 10

Question

I am automating a website to fill login details. I have developed that app in vb6 and that was working greatly in windows xp, 7 and 8. Now it is giving error in Windows 10. In windows 10 when I run the exe directly, the login details are not filling.(I get "OnQuit fired" message). However, when I run the exe as Administrator it works properly. This is the vb6 code,

Private Sub Form_Load()

    Set Web = New SHDocVw.InternetExplorer
    Web.Visible = True
    Web.Navigate "https://mytestingsite/login.html ", 8
End Sub
Private Sub Web_DocumentComplete(ByVal pDisp As Object, URL As Variant)
On Error GoTo aaa
    'MsgBox "   URL: " & URL
    If URL = "https://mytestingsite/login.html" Then
    Web.Document.getElementById("Login_userName").Value = "abcd"
    Web.Document.getElementById("Login_userName").onchange
    Web.Document.getElementById("Login_password").Value = "123456789"
    Web.Document.getElementById("dateField").Value = "15/09/1954"
    End If
Exit Sub
aaa:
MsgBox Err.Description & "   URL: " & URL
End Sub
Private Sub Web_OnQuit()
    MsgBox "OnQuit fired"
End Sub

My question is why run as administrator is required for simple web automation ? Is it not possible to run application in standard user in Windows 10 ? How to solve this problem ?

Please don’t suggest me to rebuild application in .net ( It will take lot of time to convert my application to .net)

upvoted your question, since windows 8.1 or so, many VB6 based applications require elevation for some reason, would love clarification or documentation on that as well. — Stavm, Jul 15 '16 at 07:25
Not sure if this applies or not, but it used to work for me when I used WebBrowser control - which is basically IE in a wndow. Under Internet Settings | Security tab, you can click on Custom Level and Enable "Allow scripting of Microsoft Web Browser Control" — dbmitch, Jul 18 '16 at 15:06
Anyone know about Named Permission set of vb6 in Windows 10 ? — IT researcher, Jul 21 '16 at 13:16

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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quick solution to your problem would be to publish a manifest along with your .exe

described here: How do I create a manifest file in Visual Basic 6.0?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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answered Jul 15 '16 at 07:21

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That is nothing but running exe as administrator. Is it not possible to run in standard user in windows 10 ? – IT researcher Jul 15 '16 at 07:39

Error in webautomation using vb6 in windows 10

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