How to detect run this application as adminstrator checkbox is checked in vb6

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Hello,

Unfortunately due to time being against me I can not convert my VB6 application to VB.NET at this moment of time. As a result I am faced with this issue which is detailed below:

I have an application which is written in VB6. When this application is run by a client, it needs to exexcute a Regasm a dll. The issue here is the application has to be run as an administrator. I can not go to every client and change the checkbox “Run this application as an administrator”.

So, is there any api I can call in my vb6 code in order to detect that this check box is checked please?

Your help is very much appreciated.

Behzad.

Posted 17-Jan-12 21:53pm

Member1978

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 18-Jan-12 4:28am

Interesting question, but I don't think this is a good approach. What do you want? Check this fact to say: "This application requires administrator privileges. Please run this application as administrator"?
--SA

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Solution 2

#If Win16 Then
Public Declare Function IsUserAnAdmin Lib "shell32" Alias "#680" () As Long

#Else
Public Declare Function IsUserAnAdmin Lib "shell32" () As Long
#End If

Select Case IsUserAnAdmin()
Case 1:
' User is Admin

Case False:
'User is not Admin
End Select

Posted 17-Jan-12 22:35pm

Manoj Kumar Choubey

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Member1978 18-Jan-12 8:41am

Hello manoj,
The issue I have is that the user has logged on as adminstrator, but when running my application on a window #7 platform, the check box "Run this program as an administrator" is UN-tick. As a result I can not run regasm on a particular dll.

Many thanks in advance,
Behzad.

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Jephunneh Malazarte · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-17T22:10:00

Solution 1

try this one out.
http://www.bigresource.com/Tracker/Track-vb-bQQLOflX7x/[^]

Posted 17-Jan-12 22:10pm

Jephunneh Malazarte

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Member1978 18-Jan-12 8:41am

Many thanks for this. I am assuming this solution means that when I run the application, it automatically runs as an "Administrator" regardless of what the platform is. My issue is window #7.

Jephunneh Malazarte 18-Jan-12 8:38am

yes it automatically run as administrator but for some there's a popup message or something that you need to click ok else it terminate the program... but i am not certain coz i stop doing support for vb6 since 2005

Member1978 18-Jan-12 8:43am

Hello Jephunneh,

Many thanks. Please accept my apologies for sending you the same message.
Behzad