Testing application for Administrative Running Rights

Question

I want a sure-shot method to test if the application was run via the UAC box and has full administrative rights. Earlier, I thought of making a folder in C:\\Windows\\ for testi

Answer 1

C#:

using System.Security.Principal;

...

var identity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
var principal = new WindowsPrincipal(identity);
bool isElevated = principal.IsInRole(WindowsBuiltInRole.Administrator);

VB.Net:

Imports System.Security.Principal

...

Dim identity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent()
Dim principal = new WindowsPrincipal(identity)
Dim isElevated as Boolean = principal.IsInRole(WindowsBuiltInRole.Administrator)