Re: How to raise rights...

Christian Kaiser wrote:
> Only a few apps that I install at home (as plain
> user) run after setup as Admin (RunAs), they all seem to need more,
> either Registry entries for the current user, or access rights to a
> special directory, often the app's path (sigh!).

I feel your pain. :-( The "development managers" who release such
"applications" have to be outsourced ;-)

> We need some entries in HKLM and HKCR for COM objects, but also need
> user-specific data. This is why we need to install as user, but with
> (temporary) Admin rights...

COM objects can be installed per-user (has been long time since I dealt with
COM but I think this feature was added in Win2k). What exactly do you need
to put in HKLM? Note that HKCR is already "smartly" managed by the OS. See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/hkey_classes_root_key.asp
for details.


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Eugene
http://www.gershnik.com


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