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| VistaUACMaker |
| Quick Way to Make Your Applications Vista UAC
Compliant |
Download VistaUACMaker
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Vista has introduced new feature
called UAC (User Account Control). In short it basically controls
the way in which applications are executed by different users. Due
to enforcement of this UAC, by default any application on Vista will
run under the context of standard user instead of administrator. As
a result the application which requires administrator privilege will fail to work
properly on Vista.
So VistaUACMaker is designed to address this problem by making any
Windows XP based application compatible with Vista as well as
Windows 7. |
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To make any application Vista UAC compliant one has to embed a
manifest file specifying the privilege required by the application.
Manifest file mainly contain 2 important information, privilege required by the
application and UI interaction of application with other windows.
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There are 3 types of privileges that can be mentioned in the manifest
file.
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- requireAdministrator : Run as administrator
- asInvoker : Run as same privilege as parent process
- highestAvailable : Run with highest privilege available for user
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Other than this, one has to specify if the application interacts with
user interface of other high privilege applications. For example your
application may send the message to modify the UI of other high
privilege application. This is specified through following parameter
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| uiAccess : TRUE/FALSE |
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Manifest file is generally put into the resource section of the
application. Typical manifest file with administrator privilege and with
no "uiAccess" appears like this. |
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<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1"
manifestVersion="1.0">
<assemblyIdentity type="win32" processorArchitecture="*"
version="1.0.0.0"
name="MyApplication.exe"></assemblyIdentity>
<description>Vista Application</description>
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
version="6.0.0.0" language="*" processorArchitecture="*"
publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"></assemblyIdentity>
</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
<trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
<security>
<requestedPrivileges>
<requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator"
uiAccess="FALSE"></requestedExecutionLevel>
</requestedPrivileges>
</security>
</trustInfo>
</assembly>
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| VistaUACMaker has both console and GUI version. Here is the
screenshot of the GUI version |
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In just 3 steps, your application will be ready to run on Vista.
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Select the application using browse button.
- Set one of the privilege required for your application from selection
box.
- Check the "Yes" button if your application interacts with high
privilege applications.
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Once you have made the settings, click on "Make It" button. Now your
application will automatically run as per the privilege set rather than
usual "standard user" account. |
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Console tool makes it easy to automate the process. For example you
can use it as post build step to make the application Vista UAC
compliant. Here is the typical usage information. |
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VistaUACMakerConsole [-d <description>] [-p <priv
level>] [-ui] {exe_path}
Options:
-d Description of the project ( Default : My project )
-p Privilege level required. possible values : admin, invoker,
highest
admin = administrator
invoker = same as parent process
highest = Highest possible level for the
user
-ui Specify if the executable interacts with higher windows.
(Default action is not to set this flag)
Example:
VistaUACMakerConsole -d "Vista project" -p admin
"c:\project.exe" |
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VistaUACMaker GUI Version
1.5
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VistaUACMaker Console Version 1.0
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