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I have been doing some extensive testing of a Windows Service I have been writing in C# .Net 3.5. I am having trouble getting Windows to give me enough time for my service to shutdown properly when I restart or shutdown the computer even though I am invoking the RequestAdditionalTime() method which should update the SCM and keep my service running. My code works properly if I manually stop the service however. I have primarily been testing this code in Windows Vista and Windows 7, upon deciding to test the code in Windows Xp everything worked perfectly. Does anyone know why this call does not

I'm working on updating one of our applications. It must use .NET 2.0. One portion creates a file on the Desktop using FileStream fs = new FileStream(Environment.GetFolderPath (Environment.SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory), FileMode.Create); But I get an UnauthorizedAccessException in Windows 7 (and Vista too, I'm assuming, though I haven't tested that yet). I looked into elevation (not for the entire program, but for a separate assembly which would create the file and perform actions on it); however that seems to require .NET 3.0 or 3.5. Is there any way to gain access to the Desktop folder

I want to kill a process programmatically in vista/windows 7 (I'm not sure if there's significant problems in the implementation of the UAC between the two to make a difference). Right now, my code looks like: if(killProcess){ System.Diagnostics.Process[] process = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("MyProcessName"); // Before starting the new process make sure no other MyProcessName is running. foreach (System.Diagnostics.Process p in process) { p.Kill(); } myProcess = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(psi); } I have to do this because I need to make sure that if the user crashes

We have an application that programmatically maps network drives. On Vista with UAC on, we get some strange issues. Our application maps the drive non-elevated, so if the user browses explorer and double clicks to run an exe, it prompts for UAC. So when they approve it, it prompts for a username/password for the share... Strange since the credentials are saved. It turns out, an elevated process cannot access a mapped drive that was mapped from a non-elevated process. To see this issue in action, do the following steps: Run cmd.exe with no UAC Run "net use w: \yourHostname\yourShare /user

Often when I do a checkout of a different branch, or a reset, I will get 'permission denied' errors from windows for one to a dozen files - but the particular files vary from run to run. Here's the output from a test I just did, with GIT_TRACE=1. The trace only added the one line before the error message: $ git checkout master trace: built-in: git 'checkout' 'master' error: git checkout-index: unable to create file dotnet/src/myfile.cs (Permission denied) D dotnet/src/myfile.cs Switched to branch "master" I'm pretty sure this is some race with a virus scanner or other indexing service on my

Working on a project and need to be able to determine whether the O/S is Windows 7, Vista or default to XP. I understand I could run into Win2K and earlier versions but let's just say that's not a concern as other code will catch that before it gets to this point. My application will be in C++ for the time being using VS2005. I've found articles and sample code alike but they seem way bloated for my uses. Just looking for a quick and dirty return. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724358%28VS.85%29.aspx List of Windows Version , using GetVersionEx : Version Number Description 6.1

I install my app under "Program Files" directory. And I install data, under "ProgramData" directory: Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData In programData I have created folder to save data. Example: C:\ProgramData\MyApp\MyData\here I have files and folders Under XP all runs fine. But not under Vista or W7 OS. I can read files in this directory, but I can not write files, I can not create new files, etc. The user is logged as Admin. Where I can store data without restrictions? I need store data in a folder visible for all users EDITED: I have this code in my app.manifest file: <?xml