Re: "Run this program as an administrator" always grayed out
"developer_dan" <developer_dan.319rm3@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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> As an update to my previous comment ... I re-enabled UAC for now and the
> "Run this program as an administrator" option is back. Since the user
> account I am logged in as has administrative privileges, it follows that
> any .exe would run as administrator if UAC is disabled, but it doesn't
> seem like that should cause the Run-as-Admin feature to be disabled,
> since you would want this property to be associated with the file,
> regardless if UAC is turned on/off.
Well, that's not the case. If you disable UAC, then any file association
regarding UAC is off.
And on top of that, a user with Admin rights on Vista only has Standard user
rights in a lot situations, and their rights must be escalated.
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/
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> Also, what added to the confusion is that Visual Studio informs me that
> it needs to be run as an Admin when I start it, even if I already
> checked Run-as-Admin. This seems like its own bug.
It's not a bug, that's just the way it is.
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> Please note that I am NOT saying that the solution to my problem is to
> re-enable UAC, so I would still like any feedback on this topic. I'll
> see how long I can endure with UAC for now, but it has created enough
> problems in the past that I'm not optimistic.
>
The link talks about developers having to come into line on Vista.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=785
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905330.aspx
<http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/00d04415-2b2f-422c-b70e-b18ff918c2811033.mspx?mfr=true>
I'll assume you have heard of the Vista UAC manifest.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=211271