How make Executable Dlang EXE ask for "Run as Administrator"?

Ferhat Kurtulmuş aferust at gmail.com
Sat Feb 1 08:14:19 UTC 2020


On Saturday, 1 February 2020 at 06:26:04 UTC, Marcone wrote:
> I created a program in Dlang and compiled to exe using dmd.
> But my program need administrator privileges. How can I make 
> executable dlang program ask for administrator privileges on 
> start up program?

Disclaimer: did not tried. You must somehow embed this manifest 
file into your exe using  some linker parameter. Or put this 
manifest next to your exe by naming it MyApplication.exe.manifest.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" 
manifestVersion="1.0">
   <assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0"
      processorArchitecture="X86"
      name="MyApplication"
      type="win32"/>
   <description>Description of your application</description>
   <!-- Identify the application security requirements. -->
   <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
     <security>
       <requestedPrivileges>
         <requestedExecutionLevel
           level="requireAdministrator"
           uiAccess="false"/>
         </requestedPrivileges>
        </security>
   </trustInfo>
</assembly>




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