Re: Do I HAVE to have local admin rights to run a Windows.Form app?

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From: Ray Cassick \(Home\) (rcassickNOSPAM_at_enterprocity.com)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 21:42:17 -0400

You could try impersonation. This allows your code to run with elivated
rights based on a specific account.

"Dan Amerena" <holeshot60_nospam_@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:F29D5E06-E416-4E22-BE52-524708E4CCA8@microsoft.com...
> I have a windows.forms application (has absolutely nothing to do with
> asp.net) and it seems like I have to be logged in as a user with local
admin
> rights in order for the app to do things like access local files, do
> remoting, run properly, etc...
>
> I don't want to give my users local admin rights, but I want them to be
able
> to run my app. How do I do this?

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