使用管理权限启动我的 C# 应用程序

Question

I have an app of mine that I need to distribute to 5000 computers on my business domain via SCCM and i'm having problems with the windows security. The point is that my app requires administrative rights to access to registry keys and launch some "specific" featues on the local system and all the users on the domain (except for the IT support team of course) doesn't have such privileges.

I was wondering that I could make windows call a launcher on startup next, this launcher would get admin username and password on the app's server and then run the app with those credentials. But i'm having difficulties performing this task once i'm new on C# (i'm a java programer) and i haven't found any way of using the runas command with both username and password information.

Other point, it would be perfect if i could make use the admin privileges without the anoying windows UAC prompts.

Can anybody help me?

Answer 1

I'm not sure about what I'm going to say, but just did a bit of research that may help you.

You can try to schedule a task to run your program, and config this schedule to run it with admin rights, at startup.

Scheduling a task

Then the only thing left you need to look for is how to program easily this task for all your computers.

Hope this helps you

Answer 2

If your application must be run as an administrator in order to operate correctly: then tell Windows that:

<requestedExecutionLevel  level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false" />

So that if i'm a standard user (ie not an Administrator), and i try to use your program: i will be prompted to get an administrator to come to my desk and enter their credentials so i can run your program.

The downside of your program only functioning with admin privileges is that a standard user cannot run your program.

And you could try turning off UAC; but that doesn't fix anything. UAC is a quality-of-life feature.

• if i turn off UAC
• i'm still a standard user
• except now i have to logout and login as an administrator

The correct solution is to let your program work as a standard user.