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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