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Burn should detect when elevated process isn't actually elevated #5650

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barnson opened this issue Jul 21, 2017 · 2 comments · Fixed by wixtoolset/wix#241
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Burn should detect when elevated process isn't actually elevated #5650

barnson opened this issue Jul 21, 2017 · 2 comments · Fixed by wixtoolset/wix#241
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barnson commented Jul 21, 2017

  • Describe the scenario and benefits that the feature supports.

Today, a standard user running without UAC can launch the "elevated" process just fine but it immediately fails trying to do something that requires admin privs.

  • Describe how you're accomplishing the feature today (if possible).

Launch conditions.

  • Describe what you'd like the new feature to do.

The elevated process should detect when it doesn't have elevated privileges and fail with a meaningful message.

@barnson barnson added this to the v4.x milestone Jul 25, 2017
@rseanhall rseanhall self-assigned this Jul 22, 2022
@rseanhall rseanhall modified the milestones: v4.x, v4.0 Jul 22, 2022
@rseanhall rseanhall added this to To do in wix.4.0-preview.1 via automation Jul 22, 2022
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Is this issue just about getting a better error message into the bundle's log? Or is it also supposed update the built-in BA's to show the error message?

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barnson commented Aug 25, 2022

The former. It's an extreme edge case (IT software that fakes elevation).

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