Under Vista, many operations (that were allowed under XP) are prohibited. For example, writing to C:\WINDOWS is now a no-no.

There are a number of ways to get your EXE to launch with admin privileges. One way is to include the "manifest" resource in the EXE, as described here:
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=807848&SiteID=1

A running app can tell if it's been launched using elevated privileges using the technique here:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=805394&SiteID=1

Is anyone willing to figure out how to get these two techniques working in REALbasic?


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