Inno Setup Admin Privileges Required
I'm creating an installer using Inno Setup. As part of the install process I'm installing Tomcat. On Windows 7 I suffer from the problem described here:
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I can fix it by manually setting the 'Run as administrator' on tomcat7w.exe (the issue and the root cause is the same for tomcat7 as well), but I don't know how to do it through Inno Setup.
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I'm finding threads that explain running some_program.exe as administrator, but here the program is started when the Tomcat service starts (e.g. on machine start-up), so I need a way to flag it using Inno Setup to 'Run as administrator' rather than actually run it.
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3 Answers
Inno Setup Admin Privileges Required Download
You can add a Registry entry in [Registry] Section that will set run as Administrator as a default action for running this app.
Example:
RobeNRobeNIf you really want to set the 'Run as administrator' flag of the shortcut (as opposite to forcing the target application run with administrator privileges), you can use this code:
This is based on:
- LinkFlags in [MS-SHLLINK]: Shell Link (.LNK) Binary File Format;
- How to create a Run As Administrator shortcut using Powershell;
Tested on Unicode version of Inno Setup. But it should, even more naturally, work on Ansi version too, though you should use Unicode version anyway.
If you want to allow user to execute the program at the end of the installation using a postinstall entry in [Run] section, you will of course need to explicitly request the elevation.
If the installer runs with Administrator privileges, you can simply add runascurrentuser flag:
If the installer runs without Administrator privileges, set Verb parameter to runas (for that you also need shellexec flag):
Though, make sure you have a very good reason to run your application with Administrator privileges. User applications should not need Administrator privileges. If they need it, it's usually a sign of a bad design. One common (bad) reason to want an application to run with Administrator privileges, is that the application needs to write to its installation folder.
See Application does not work when installed with Inno Setup
Martin PrikrylMartin Prikryl
Add the runascurrentuser flag attribute to the [Run] section