programmatically run cmd.exe as administrator in vista, C#

Question

I have a visual studio setup and deployment project. I\'ve added a .cmd script in it. The script would need administrator privileges to run. When user clicks on the setup.ex

Answer 1

Try executing the runas command:

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using System.Diagnostics;

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string UserName = "user name goes here";
ProcessStartInfo p1 = new ProcessStartInfo();
  p1.FileName = "runas";
  p1.Arguments = String.Format("/env /u:{0} cmd", UserName);
Process.Start(p1);

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(And I don't think you need an explicit UseShellExecute)