Question How do i run my program in administrator mode

[Zexor]

I try to change this to requireAdministrator mode in app.manifest
<requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false" />

but then it say clickonce doesnt support requireAdministrator, even if i uncheck clickonce, when i publish it come back on. How do i run my program in admin mode?

 

[JohnH]

"Publish" is ClickOnce, you can't use that with requireAdministrator.

If the question is how do you deploy your application without ClickOnce, then there are several answers, this one for example: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Installer Projects - Visual Studio Marketplace

 

[Zexor]

Is there a way to run the program as admin after it was published?

 

[JohnH]

Startng a new Process with 'runas' Verb is possible, also for ClickOnce app.

 

[Zexor]

so what you are saying is, i need to make another program just to run this program as admin

 

[Zexor]

how do i refer to the clickonce app in the filename . The fullpath of the appref-ms file?

 

[Zexor]

right now i made a bat file with the appref-ms name in it and put that as filename and it work. If i put the ms file name in the filename field, it give me error.

 

[JohnH]

how do i refer to the clickonce app in the filename . The fullpath of the appref-ms file?

clickonce exe path - Google-search > Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.Location

 

[Zexor]

That would get your own location, but how do you get another clickone app's location?

 

[JohnH]

Have no idea (unless it was deployed in the same location) - I thought you were restarting your own app as admin.

 

[Zexor]

ah i guess that works too , i was using another app to start it as admin

 

[Zexor]

Ok I found out that if i use Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.Location to open the app, Update doesn't work anymore. I usually use Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.GetName.Version to get the version but now it gives me nothing. So i went back to using the bat file to run the appref-ms location.

 

[JohnH]

I read somewhere that "check for update = before application starts" is set for update to happen before the new admin instance is started.
For manual updating do it before you start the new admin ("non-network deployed") instance.

I usually use Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.GetName.Version to get the version but now it gives me nothing.

Shouldn't be affected, don't know what you mean by "gives me nothing".

 

[Zexor]

I do manual Update when i am running the App, i dont like having that update window popup before the app runs. I use My.Application.Deployment.Update()