Windows以非管理员帐户启动我的应用程序时要求输入管理员密码

Question

There is something my application is doing that is causing Windows to ask for an administrator password when starting my application in a non-administrator account. At first I thought it was because I was writing some data in the run time folder in Program Files. I took care of that but still have the problem. Do you have any idea how I can track down the problem ?

Answer 1

Harry Johnston's comment is correct.

If you don't have a manifest that specifies the level, then Windows assumes this is an "old" program written before manifests were common. In that case, it'll use heuristics to guess whether the program might require administrator privileges. In particular, if the name of the executable has "install" or "setup" in it, Windows might assume that it's an installer and that it will require administrator privileges.

If you provide a manifest that specifies a level (like asInvoker), then Windows won't guess, regardless of the name of your program.