Raising admin rights on Vista

[Eric Chatonet]

Trevor,

Actually your last point may be done with any installer :-)
Using a Rev exe instead in the way you say could sound good but the  
problem, in such a case, is weight: I'll end with, at least a 2 MB  
exe :-(

Le 1 sept. 08 à 15:03, Trevor DeVore a écrit :

> On Sep 1, 2008, at 8:52 AM, Eric Chatonet wrote:
>
>> Thanks for having given me hints.
>> Actually, my problem is a bit more complicated:
>> I have a Rev exe that is running.
>> It would download an installer stack from the internet.
>> Without closing the running exe, I would want to run it as admin  
>> on-the-fly :-)
>> Then install files in program files (i.e. replace some separate  
>> stacks) and finally restore usual rights...
>> Last step could be skipped ;-)
>>
>> Why do I want to do this is just would allow me to build my own  
>> installer instead of downloading a 'regular' installer that would  
>> do the job without problem.
>
> Eric,
>
> I'm not aware of how you could go about elevating the privileges of  
> a running exe.
>
> The way I do this is the vbs technique. While my application is  
> running I download the update. I then launch the vbs file I  
> mentioned in my previous and quit the application. The VBS file in  
> turn launches another VBS  file using elevated privileges. This  
> second VBS file waits for the main app to quit (watching the  
> process ids), installs the updater files and then relaunches the  
> main application.
>
> The other option I see would be to write a small exe that has the  
> embedded manifest and handles installation of files. Your main exe  
> could launch this during the process.
>
> Regards,
>
> -- 
> Trevor DeVore
> Blue Mango Learning Systems
> www.bluemangolearning.com    -    www.screensteps.com


Best regards from Paris,
Eric Chatonet.
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