Hy,
I've create a setup for my vb application with visual studio.
At the end of the install I want to launch the application so i've add a custom action and used the chell to launch it. It's work but... the application is launch as SYSTEM user...
is there a way to launch it in normal user (on win7 as administrator)?
Thanks for your help
If you are installing the application as an Administrator and launching the application, then it will start under that identity.
Try installing the application as a non Admin user and see under what identity the application launches.
If it still requires Admin access, then look at the privileges requested in your config file.
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I am trying to build application which is show form when a user clicks on it but not when the windows started up like many applications that run in the background without showing gui on desktop for example, how application can recognize when a user clicks on application and when windows startup do that?
I tried notifyicon and other things but did not help so any reference to the tutorial or help is welcome.
How did I hear I need to build a service application or application with the installation, is that correct?
I currently have 2 applications; The main application and an Updater. The main application runs with the manifest in "asInvoker", whilst the Updater runs with "requireAdministrator".
However, I currently need the main program to modify contents of its own folder in ProgramFiles, but in order to do this I need elevated access. Instead of creating another application to separate the process, would it be possible to have a messagebox appear saying "Restart in Admin Mode?" and then proceed to restart the application in Administrative mode only the one time?
I don't want the end user being spammed with Window's UAC every time they open the application, which is why I already separated the updater.
Any ideas and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Simpliest solution is to not store application in Program Files, where access is restricted for non-administrators, but in %LocalAppData%, where is unrestricted access for logged user. This is how update is solved in ClickOnce-distributed applications.
I've a Silverlight Out of Browser application where I does installation like this:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Silverlight\sllauncher.exe /install:[path to xap file] /shortcut:desktop+startmenu
This does create shortcut in the current user's desktop. But once another user logs in it wont be available in his desktop. As part of testing I copied the created exe into the public desktop. But still the another user wont be able run the application from his account. How can I configure so that it works in all user accounts?
I did some work around on this and have made a blog post here
I have a deployment package that opens an application when the instalation has finished.
On opening, this application validates a connection to a database using Integrated windows security.
The Problem is that when it calls
Process.Start(XXXXXXXXXX)
The application is opened under the machine account, the one that actualy does the install under UAC in Windows 7.
I know i can use the ProcessStartInfo object to ask the user to specify their password etc however this will be really annoying for them when they are already logged onto the machine.
I have tried using ProcessStartInfo, WinAPI etc but to no avail.
Has anyone else encountered this type of issue and/or have a suggested solution.
In summary I am trying to call
Process.Start........
Under the credentials of the logged on user as the last action of an deployment package under Windows 7
VB.NET application developed in VS2010 using Windows Installer Deployment.
I'm looking for suggestions on keeping a program that is running on a network updated. Installation consists of 15 users, each have the program on their local pc, but they all access same date from sql server.
I am looking for a clean method that would allow me to update one folder on the network and for each computer to get updated when they run the program and the programs sees a later ver on that folder on the network. (Obviously I can do this inside the program itself since it won't allow being overwritten while opened.)
You should have a look at
ClickOnce is a deployment technology
that enables self-updating
Windows-based applications that can be
installed and run with minimal user
interaction.
Using ClickOnce Deployment in
VB.NET
ClickOnce - A new VB.NET 2005 Deployment Tool
ClickOnce Deployment for Windows Forms Applications
ClickOnce Deployment in .NET Framework 2.0
Another option is to create a second program that will check the network for an updated version of your application. Let's call this program "updater.exe".
You can run updater.exe on system startup like Adobe Reader or Sun Java do.
Or, when your application is started it can load updater.exe. If updater.exe finds an update, it can close/unload your application, download the newer version, restart your application and close itself.
astander's answer above is correct, you can use ClickOnce for this. Another option is creating this application as a web application.
Web applications basically work the way you described, the application's files reside in a web server, all the users connect to it using a browser, and to update the application you only need to update the files in the server.