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Error 1730 (needs admin rights) when uninstalling chained msi on Vista/Win 7

I have created an installation using basic MSI in Installshield 2012. I am using the chained MSI technology (supported in Windows installer 4.5 and onwards). My installation is structured with a Main-MSI (in a Setup.exe), and several smaller…
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Why can I attach visual studio to process with no admin rights

Well, the title sumarizes my question, but I will elaborate. I have always thought that any process runing with no admin rights shouldn't be able to access the memory space of any other process, and of course shouldnt be able to halt it's…
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Visual Studio 2015 Profiler (vsperf.exe) does NOT work without admin rights

I have installed Visual Studio 2015, and I'm using a user account WITHOUT admin rights - but when I try to start the profiler (vsPerf.exe or vsStandardCollector.exe) through the Visual Studios menu (Analyze --> Performance and Diagnostics menu) it…
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Server 2008 Cannot Set User Rights

I attempted to do some Win32 stuff in C# 3.5 to get elevated User Rights for a console app. I develop on Visual Studio 2008 SP1/GDR and things work fine when run under the debugger. Things also work fine when I run the console app stand-alone.…
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Install Java 8 without Admin Rights

How to install Java JDK 8 in windows? Do I require admin right? What Happens if i just copy JDK from one system to another with admin rights.
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Free deployment for Visual Basic 2010 Express application that requires admin rights

I'm using VB.Net and Visual Basic Express 2010. I'm looking to create a single .exe install file to distribute my application. But in order for my application to work, I need to mark my app. as requiring admin rights. Click Once is not really an…
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Visual Studio produced MSI Installers, Program Files, and Administrator Access

I have a working program that I am ready to generate an MSI from for distribution. The default install location is C / Program Files / Foo / Bar , and that's where I'd prefer it install. However, after installing in that location, the program…
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C# program won't launch when running as non-admin

First off, I don't have any C# skills or experience. A friend of mine took a couple classes in college and was able to give me what I've got so far in this C# program. I asked my friend to create a program that would look at WMI for the current…
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Start process with higher privileges and read its output

We need to start a process with required admin privileges (defined in its app.manifest) in a normal process and read its output. The way I see it, in order to start a process with higher right, we need to set UseShellExecute = true. But that…
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application not working without admin Privileges

I have a .net application which access few dll at runtime. The issue is, when I run the application as administrator then it works fine else it fails some where without proper error. Can my application access these dll’s at run time without admin…
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Installing GVim without administrator privileges on Windows 7

I'm trying to install GVim on my work machine. I can get admin rights if I really need them, but I would like to avoid that if I can. This is relevant, as it seems that the GVim portable executable I have in a folder won't run without admin rights.…
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Java - Executing exe with Admin Rights

I'm currently developing a study tool which groups several portable system management tools (mainly sysinternal tools). I have a simple frame with a JButton. What am I trying to do? - Along with my java file i have an exe file (for example purposes…
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Get rid of "You don't have permission to run the emulator" in VS2012/WP8 SDK

I'm starting to write WinPhone apps in my VS 2012 Pro with Windows Phone 8 SDK installed properly. When I hit F5 to launch a project in the phone emulator, VS tries to launch the WP emulator, but I get the message "You don't have permission to run…
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Batch ~dp0 doesn't work with admin rights?

I have a batch file which looks like this: set OWNPATH = %~dp0 for /r %OWNPATH% %%F in (*.ocx) do ( echo %%F ) It correctly lists all OCX files in the same folder when I start it, but lists the OCX files in C:\Windows\System32 when I…
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How To Restart IIS without Admin Rights in C#

What code do I need for a C# application to restart the user's IIS while the user does not have Admin rights?
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