On Sunday, 14 October 2018 at 13:20:09 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
On Sunday, 14 October 2018 at 12:16:28 UTC, spikespaz wrote:
I'm compiling an executable that does not need administrator
privileges. For some reason though, LDC thinks it does and
marks it as elevated.
This has nothing to do with ldc. It is just any 32 bit program
called setup.exe or install.exe is assumed to be an installer
by Windows, and thus triggers UAC unless you specifically tell
it not to.
More info (including how to override this default behavior):
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20096706/how-does-windows-decide-whether-to-display-the-uac-prompt
Easiest way, of course, is to just not call it setup.exe
This automation drove me crazy. I changed the name from "install"
to "bootstrap" to solve it when I faced this problem.
Why should an OS decide whether an executable should be run with
admin privileges ? If it has to, then it's up to the developer to
explicitly ask for it...
