Run regsvr32 as post-build event in VS2008 on Vista 64?

[jalaram]

The program I'm working on has a post-build event to register an add-in for a CAD package. However, regsvr32 won't run on my 64 bit Vista system as is because (I'm assuming) of UAC.

If I run cmd.exe with the Run as administrator option, I can run regsvr32 then.

Any suggestions on how I could elevate the privilege from the post-build event? One possibility is run VS as admin, but are there any side effects to that? Also, double-clicking a sln file would subvert that option. Another is to disable UAC, but I'm trying to avoid that.

 

[Markbnj]

Run VS as admin would have been my suggestion, and I know a few people who do that anyway. As far as I know there isn't any programmatic method to request elevation, say in a batch file, as there is with sudo in linux.

 

[Ken g6]

Actually, there is a sudo for Vista. I haven't tried it, but it looks straightforward.

 

[JasonCoder]

There's always RunAs... If you don't like the interactive prompt for a password there are some automated utilities out there.

 

[Markbnj]

Originally posted by: Ken g6
Actually, there is a sudo for Vista. I haven't tried it, but it looks straightforward.

I didn't know about that. Thanks for the tip. Could be very useful.

 

[jalaram]

Originally posted by: Markbnj

Originally posted by: Ken g6
Actually, there is a sudo for Vista. I haven't tried it, but it looks straightforward.

I didn't know about that. Thanks for the tip. Could be very useful.

Agreed. That is cool. Thanks.

 

[DaveSimmons]

You could compile an exe and embed a manifest resource that requires it to run as admin, that might get it to run after a UAC prompt.