akatik
2nd June 2010 19:35 UTC

CreateShortcut to run as administrator
Good day.
I need to create shortcut with advanced property "Run as administrator" set. Help needed.

MSG
3rd June 2010 05:55 UTC

Originally posted by akatik
Good day.
I need to create shortcut with advanced property "Run as administrator" set. Help needed.

jpderuiter
3rd June 2010 07:24 UTC

Well, it is possible, but a pain to write in a script.
Maybe a plugin is easier:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/For...9-2e3df3668989

jpderuiter
3rd June 2010 07:42 UTC

You can also try to add a REG_SZ key named <Full_Path _To_My_Application.exe> with a value of "RUNASADMIN" to the registry at HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows_NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers.
(Source: http://www.techtalkz.com/windows-dep...all-users.html)
I don't have Vista, so I can't test this for you.

Afrow UK
3rd June 2010 12:01 UTC

One could update this plug-in (it would probably have to be me though):
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/ShellLink_plug-in

Stu

Anders
3rd June 2010 16:51 UTC

People keep asking this over and over, but it seems to me that you probably have other problems if you need this property set on your shortcuts (What if the user runs the app directly?) Anyways, here is some code: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/IShellLink_Set_RunAs_flag

Afrow UK
3rd June 2010 19:09 UTC

I've updated the ShellLink plug-in but currently the Wiki is down.

Stu

akatik
4th June 2010 15:54 UTC

MSG Elevating application is not the decision I need. Simple users should have the ability to run it.
Anders, I understand, that writing programs that require administrative rights is not good. But my program is meant for system administrators. There will be two shortcuts - for simple users with restricted possibilities - and for admins, full functioning.
Thank you, Afrow UK, it works fine.
Thanks for you all a lot. There are several topics on this issue on the forum. But only here is the helpful solution.

Mikesch
4th October 2010 13:35 UTC

Hello Afrow UK!

Many thanks for your great solution. This works fine for my application.

Because of the many threads about this problem perhaps it could become part of the next NSIS setup.

akatik
11th February 2011 11:50 UTC

I have a problem - I set flag "Run as Administrator" using this code: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/IShellLink_Set_RunAs_flag
If my shortcut is placed in All users Start menu, then it works great.
But in Start menu of current user - no flag is set.

Afrow UK
11th February 2011 15:13 UTC

Is the path correct? (SetShellVarContext).

Stu

akatik
11th February 2011 15:25 UTC

Yes, path is correct. The code is:

CreateShortcut "$SMPROGRAMS\wtc\${wtcTxt}-Administrator.lnk" "$INSTDIR\Bin\win32.exe"
push "$SMPROGRAMS\wtc\${wtcTxt}-Administrator.lnk"
call ShellLinkSetRunAs
pop $0

As far as I understood this function returned not 0:
System::Call "$2->5(w '$9',i 0)i.r0" ;Load

akatik
11th February 2011 16:14 UTC

Afrow UK, you were right.
"Windows Vista and Windows 7 automatically identifies installer executables, including NSIS installers, and asks the user permission to run them with elevated privileges. Automatic detection, however, comes with the price of automatic backward compatibility tricks. One of which is automatic relocation of shortcuts created in the Start Menu to All Users' Start Menu."

I hate Microsoft :( It placeв my shortcut to All users start menu and even didn't say "Meow".

akatik
11th February 2011 16:15 UTC

Afrow UK, you were right.
"Windows Vista and Windows 7 automatically identifies installer executables, including NSIS installers, and asks the user permission to run them with elevated privileges. Automatic detection, however, comes with the price of automatic backward compatibility tricks. One of which is automatic relocation of shortcuts created in the Start Menu to All Users' Start Menu."

I hate Microsoft :( It placeв my shortcut to All users start menu and even didn't say "Meow".