UserAccountControlCreateProcessAsStandardUser Method

public static Process CreateProcessAsStandardUser(
	string fileName,
	string arguments = ""
)

Public Shared Function CreateProcessAsStandardUser ( 
	fileName As String,
	Optional arguments As String = ""
) As Process

public:
static Process^ CreateProcessAsStandardUser(
	String^ fileName, 
	String^ arguments = L""
)

static member CreateProcessAsStandardUser : 
        fileName : string * 
        ?arguments : string 
(* Defaults:
        let _arguments = defaultArg arguments ""
*)
-> Process 

GSF.Identity.UserAccountControl.CreateProcessAsStandardUser = function(fileName, arguments);

Parameters

fileName  String

The path to the executable file.

arguments  String  (Optional)

The command-line arguments to pass to the process.

Return Value

This method requires administrative privileges. An exception will be thrown if the current user is not elevated.

This is an especially useful function if you are trying to shell an application from an installation program. With UAC enabled, an application spawned from a setup program will be the "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" user - not the local user that executed the installer; this can wreak havoc if the spawned application needs to authenticate the local user.

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