>Windows executable using RegCreateKeyEx() does not prompt for UAC admin rights and fails?

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Windows executable using RegCreateKeyEx() does not prompt for UAC admin rights and fails?

How to make my Windows executable prompt for admin rights?

I've created a Windows application that needs to create a key in the Windows registry.

However, this call fails when double-clicking on the executable, even thus I'm logged in as admin. But, if I explicitly run the program as admin (by right-clicking) everything works just fine.

Why doesn't UAC prompt for the required rights? If I've misunderstood something, how can I fix this by other means?

You need to have the manifest saying you want elevation. Depends on your compiler. Some information https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384691.aspx — Sami Kuhmonen, Apr 01 '16 at 11:59
Will you provide an example of using these settings? Should I just specify them as linker arguments? — Andreas Lykke Iversen, Apr 01 '16 at 12:10

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 01 '16 at 14:25

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You can't, but you can restart the application with admin rights. Use the ShellExecute command:

ShellExecute(0, "runas", "yourexe.exe", 0, 0, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

The "runas" bit is the part that gives you admin.

answered Apr 01 '16 at 14:25

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