How to compile program that will launch an exe as administrator [duplicate]

Answer 1

            System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("path", "args");
        processStartInfo.Verb = "runas";

        using (System.Diagnostics.Process process = new System.Diagnostics.Process())
        {
            process.StartInfo = processStartInfo;
            process.Start();
            process.WaitForExit();
        }

Answer 2

It sounds like you're in an corporate IT department, in which case I imagine you can create AD accounts that have admin privileges on users' machines. Once you've done that you can create a .NET app that P/Invokes to CreateProcessAsUser to launch the required install process under an admin account.

Some info on how to P/Invoke this method from .NET can be found here

Having said that, rolling out software to multiple users machines is a common requirement and there are a number of products available that will do this for you.

Answer 3

Try the Windows API call "CreateProcessWithLogonW" - I've used this from .Net with much success.

Answer 4

Just so you know, Microsoft already provides a command line utility to run programs as a different user, including administrator: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/runas.mspx?mfr=true

You could create a shortcut that executes RunAs, with the appropriate command line parameters and your program would execute, in one click.