processstartinfo

I want to start a child process (indeed the same, console app) with elevated privileges but with hidden window. I do next: var info = new ProcessStartInfo(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location) { UseShellExecute = true, // ! Verb = "runas", }; var process = new Process { StartInfo = info }; process.Start(); and this works: var identity = new WindowsPrincipal(WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent()); identity.IsInRole(WindowsBuiltInRole.Administrator); // returns true But UseShellExecute = true creates a new window and I also I can't redirect output. So when I do next: var info = new ProcessStartInfo

From an application that is not being run as administrator, I have the following code: ProcessStartInfo proc = new ProcessStartInfo(); proc.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal; proc.FileName = myExePath; proc.CreateNoWindow = false; proc.UseShellExecute = false; proc.Verb = "runas"; When I call Process.Start(proc), I do not get a pop up asking for permission to run as administrator, and the exe is not run as administrator. I tried adding an app.manifest to the executable found at myExePath, and updated the requestedExecutionLevel to <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator"

When I start a new process, what difference does it make if I use the WindowStyle = hidden or the CreateNoWindow = true property of the ProcessStartInfo class? Liz As Hans said, WindowStyle is a recommendation passed to the process, the application can choose to ignore it. CreateNoWindow controls how the console works for the child process, but it doesn't work alone. CreateNoWindow works in conjunction with UseShellExecute as follows: To run the process without any window: ProcessStartInfo info = new ProcessStartInfo(fileName, arg); info.CreateNoWindow = true; info.UseShellExecute = false;