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The best way to make UAC shut up for a while
Let's say you want to install a few things and want UAC to stop bugging you while you install them. Should you turn off UAC and install the apps? Since that disables UAC's virtualization, it can destabilize things that depend on data written to those Read More...
Making an MSI that doesn't need a UAC/LUA prompt
The goal I think that most things don't need to require a UAC prompt to install - just install it for that user. Why not make the MSI so it doesn't prompt and your users get a smoother experience? (Also, I feel much better installing a program that doesn't Read More...
How to launch an un-elevated process from an elevated process
This question has come up a fair amount lately. The short answer is that you don't * - instead you should: first launch an unelevated process have that unelevated process launch an elevated process and wait for it to finish (or use some form of IPC) have Read More...