Re: How to raise rights...

Christian Kaiser wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need some first push to find the way :)))
>
> For our setup (WISE, not MSI yet) I would like to find a way to enter
> registry entries in HKLM and HKCR. Thus I need the rights to do so
> even as "normal" user. Which means, I need a way to give the user
> these rights temporarily by asking for an admin user/password,
> setting the right, doing whatever necessary, and removing this right
> later in the install process.
>
> Could anybody please give me a hint where to search for such a task?

To answer your specific question

CredUIPromptForCredentials
LogonUser
ImpersonateLoggedOnUser
RevertToSelf

However, it is better to redesign your setup logic to make your application
installed *once* by administrator rather than every time for each user.


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Eugene
http://www.gershnik.com


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