Hi, i do not know if this helps, but
net user <username> gives an overview of the user settings (including to which local group he/she belongs) Regards, Matthias -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Raising admin rights on Vista (01-Sep-2008 13:19) From: Eric Chatonet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Bonjour à tous, > > When you update Rev on Vista, a dialog prompts you to quit and reopen Rev > as 'Administrator' if you have not these rights. > Of course it's because without admin rights, files written to Program > files will be virtualized. > As to know if an exe has admin rights, I have written a tiny function: > > function VistaAdmin > local tFolder,tVirtualizedFolder,tAdminFlag > ---- > put specialfolderpath(38) & slash & "TempTestfolder" into tFolder > create folder tFolder > put char 1 of tFolder & ":/Users/" & $USERNAME & "/AppData/Local/ > VirtualStore/Program Files/TempTestfolder" into tVirtualizedFolder > put there is no folder tVirtualizedFolder into tAdminFlag > if tAdminFlag then delete folder tFolder > else delete folder tVirtualizedFolder > return tAdminFlag > end VistaAdmin > > Forgive me because it's really a workaround but I could not figure > another way to get it :-( > Now my questions: > > 1. Do you know a more elegant way (without writing to disk) to know > if the user has admin rights? > 2. Is there a way to raise privileges directly using a shell command > or something else on Vista? * > Because this way of doing (as does any installer) would be by far > preferable... > > * I'm afraid not or Rev would have used it in their own installer? > > Thanks for any idea on or off-list. > > Best regards from Paris, > Eric Chatonet. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Plugins and tutorials for Revolution: http://www.sosmartsoftware.com/ > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > > > To: [email protected] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
