UAC plug-in - Revision history

Anders: /* Info */ Added link

2022-01-21T14:32:24Z

Info: Added link

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	==Info==		==Info==
	This plug-in attempts to work around UAC installation problems on Win2000+. This plug-in allows your installer to operate with a user level process and an admin level process. This allows you to accomplish things that would otherwise be very difficult. For example, you can have an elevated installer instance launch another process as the user.		This plug-in attempts to work around UAC installation problems on Win2000+. This plug-in allows your installer to operate with a user level process and an admin level process ([https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secauthz/administrator-broker-model administrator broker model]). This allows you to accomplish things that would otherwise be very difficult. For example, you can have an elevated installer instance launch another process as the user.

	It all started in [http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=265780 this thread]. It has been field tested with good results. It is still definitely in the beta stage (i.e. use at your own risk).		It all started in [http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=265780 this thread]. It has been field tested with good results. It is still definitely in the beta stage (i.e. use at your own risk).

Anders: Deprecated

2020-05-23T01:00:19Z

Deprecated

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	[[Category:Plugins]]		[[Category:Plugins]]
			[[Category:Deprecated]]

	<div style="border: 1px solid #404000; background-color:#FFFF80; color:#000; padding:0.5em;"><b>Note:</b>This plug-in is deprecated. It started out as a proof of concept in the early Vista days and should now be considered abandoned.</div>		<div style="border: 1px solid #404000; background-color:#FFFF80; color:#000; padding:0.5em;"><b>Note:</b>This plug-in is deprecated. It started out as a proof of concept in the early Vista days and should now be considered abandoned.</div>

Anders: Warning note

2018-10-22T21:40:44Z

Warning note

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			<div style="border: 1px solid #404000; background-color:#FFFF80; color:#000; padding:0.5em;"><b>Note:</b>This plug-in is deprecated. It started out as a proof of concept in the early Vista days and should now be considered abandoned.</div>

Anders: Version update

2015-05-26T19:41:54Z

Version update

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	==Plugin Info==		==Plugin Info==
	* '''Version:''' 0.2.4 (~~20111123~~)		* '''Version:''' 0.2.4c (20150526)
	* '''Type:''' Runtime plugin		* '''Type:''' Runtime plugin
	* '''Character encoding:''' Ansi		* '''Character encoding:''' Ansi

Jan: /* Basic Example */

2013-08-16T23:52:05Z

Basic Example

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	Quit		Quit
	${Default}		${Default}
	MessageBox mb_IconStop\|mb_TopMost\|mb_SetForeground "Unable to elevate , error $0"		MessageBox mb_IconStop\|mb_TopMost\|mb_SetForeground "Unable to elevate, error $0"
	Quit		Quit
	${EndSwitch}		${EndSwitch}

Anders: Reverted edits by 193.16.235.9 to last version by Anders

2013-05-15T22:42:15Z

Reverted edits by 193.16.235.9 to last version by Anders

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	~~Hola recien lo drgcaeso~~, ~~lo provare para luego decir como me fue~~, ~~pero les adelanto que esto de los softwares es muy importante para el desarrollo de los universitarios y~~ no ~~la porqueria de esos ingenieros que ensef1an~~ a ~~lo antiguo~~, ~~es decir solo teoria~~		{{PageAuthor\|Anders}}
			[[Category:Plugins]]


			==Plugin Info==
			* '''Version:''' 0.2.4 (20111123)
			* '''Type:''' Runtime plugin
			* '''Character encoding:''' Ansi
			* '''Minimum OS:''' Win95/NT4 (Elevation on Win2000+)
			* '''Minimum NSIS Version:''' 2.45
			* '''License:''' zlib
			* '''Download:''' <attach>UAC.zip</attach>


			==Info==
			This plug-in attempts to work around UAC installation problems on Win2000+. This plug-in allows your installer to operate with a user level process and an admin level process. This allows you to accomplish things that would otherwise be very difficult. For example, you can have an elevated installer instance launch another process as the user.

			It all started in [http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=265780 this thread]. It has been field tested with good results. It is still definitely in the beta stage (i.e. use at your own risk).

			==Basic Example==
			<highlight-nsis>
			/*
			Basic script for a all users/shared installer.
			It runs the installed application as the correct user...
			*/

			!define S_NAME "UAC_Basic example"
			Name "${S_NAME}"
			OutFile "${S_NAME}.exe"
			RequestExecutionLevel user ; << Required, you cannot use admin!
			InstallDir "$ProgramFiles\${S_NAME}"

			!include MUI2.nsh
			!include UAC.nsh

			!macro Init thing
			uac_tryagain:
			!insertmacro UAC_RunElevated
			${Switch} $0
			${Case} 0
			${IfThen} $1 = 1 ${\|} Quit ${\|} ;we are the outer process, the inner process has done its work, we are done
			${IfThen} $3 <> 0 ${\|} ${Break} ${\|} ;we are admin, let the show go on
			${If} $1 = 3 ;RunAs completed successfully, but with a non-admin user
			MessageBox mb_YesNo\|mb_IconExclamation\|mb_TopMost\|mb_SetForeground "This ${thing} requires admin privileges, try again" /SD IDNO IDYES uac_tryagain IDNO 0
			${EndIf}
			;fall-through and die
			${Case} 1223
			MessageBox mb_IconStop\|mb_TopMost\|mb_SetForeground "This ${thing} requires admin privileges, aborting!"
			Quit
			${Case} 1062
			MessageBox mb_IconStop\|mb_TopMost\|mb_SetForeground "Logon service not running, aborting!"
			Quit
			${Default}
			MessageBox mb_IconStop\|mb_TopMost\|mb_SetForeground "Unable to elevate , error $0"
			Quit
			${EndSwitch}

			SetShellVarContext all
			!macroend

			Function .onInit
			!insertmacro Init "installer"
			FunctionEnd

			Function un.onInit
			!insertmacro Init "uninstaller"
			FunctionEnd

			!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_WELCOME
			!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY
			!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_INSTFILES
			!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN
			!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN_FUNCTION PageFinishRun
			!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_FINISH

			!insertmacro MUI_UNPAGE_CONFIRM
			!insertmacro MUI_UNPAGE_INSTFILES

			!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "English"


			Function PageFinishRun
			; You would run "$InstDir\MyApp.exe" here but this example has no application to execute...
			!insertmacro UAC_AsUser_ExecShell "" "$WinDir\notepad.exe" "" "" ""
			FunctionEnd

			Section
			SetOutPath $InstDir
			# TODO: File "MyApp.exe"
			WriteUninstaller "$InstDir\Uninstall.exe"
			SectionEnd

			Section Uninstall
			SetOutPath $Temp ; Make sure $InstDir is not the current directory so we can remove it
			# TODO: Delete "$InstDir\MyApp.exe"
			Delete "$InstDir\Uninstall.exe"
			RMDir "$InstDir"
			SectionEnd
			</highlight-nsis>

			==Important Notes==
			# If you need to use the UAC plugin for the uninstaller as well, you will need to initalize the UAC plugin for the uninstaller, such as through un.onInit.
			# The outer/user process does not display any output as to what occurred. For example, if you have the outer/user process create a shortcut, and it fails, the inner/admin process currently visible will not display anything to indicate that a problem occurred. This is because the outer/user process does not yet communicate back to the inner/admin process.
			# When a standard or limited user supplies administrator information into the Run As dialog, you may experience permissions trouble with any extracted file. For example, if a Windows 2000 standard user supplies administrator info into the Run As dialog, and the NSIS installer extracts an .exe file, then trying to call that .exe through an Exec can fail. If this is a problem, you will want to use the [[AccessControl_plug-in\|AccessControl plug-in]].

193.16.235.9: HXnCGAEpzTjrYAjPxk

2013-05-15T21:36:47Z

HXnCGAEpzTjrYAjPxk

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	~~{{PageAuthor\|Anders}}~~		Hola recien lo drgcaeso, lo provare para luego decir como me fue, pero les adelanto que esto de los softwares es muy importante para el desarrollo de los universitarios y no la porqueria de esos ingenieros que ensef1an a lo antiguo, es decir solo teoria
	~~[[Category:Plugins]]~~


	~~==Plugin Info==~~
	* '''Version:''' 0.2.4 (20111123)
	* '''Type:''' Runtime plugin
	* '''Character encoding:''' Ansi
	* '''Minimum OS:''' Win95/NT4 (Elevation on Win2000+)
	* '''Minimum NSIS Version:''' 2.45
	* '''License:''' zlib
	* '''Download:''' <attach>UAC.zip</attach>


	~~==Info==~~
	This plug-in attempts to work around UAC installation problems on Win2000+. This plug-in allows your installer to operate with a user level process and an admin level process. This allows you to accomplish things that would otherwise be very difficult. For example, you can have an elevated installer instance launch another process as the user.

	It all started in [http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=265780 this thread]. It has been field tested with good results. It is still definitely in the beta stage (i.e. use at your own risk).

	~~==Basic Example==~~
	~~<highlight-nsis>~~
	/*
	~~Basic script for a all users/shared installer.~~
	~~It runs the installed application as the correct user...~~
	*/

	~~!define S_NAME "UAC_Basic example"~~
	~~Name "${S_NAME}"~~
	~~OutFile "${S_NAME}.exe"~~
	~~RequestExecutionLevel user ; << Required, you cannot use admin!~~
	~~InstallDir "$ProgramFiles\${S_NAME}"~~

	~~!include MUI2.nsh~~
	~~!include UAC.nsh~~

	~~!macro Init thing~~
	~~uac_tryagain:~~
	~~!insertmacro UAC_RunElevated~~
	~~${Switch} $0~~
	~~${Case} 0~~
	~~${IfThen} $1 = 1 ${\|} Quit ${\|} ;we are the outer process, the inner process has done its work, we are done~~
	~~${IfThen} $3 <> 0 ${\|} ${Break} ${\|} ;we are admin, let the show go on~~
	~~${If} $1 = 3 ;RunAs completed successfully, but with a non-admin user~~
	~~MessageBox mb_YesNo\|mb_IconExclamation\|mb_TopMost\|mb_SetForeground "This ${thing} requires admin privileges, try again" /SD IDNO IDYES uac_tryagain IDNO 0~~
	~~${EndIf}~~
	~~;fall-through and die~~
	~~${Case} 1223~~
	~~MessageBox mb_IconStop\|mb_TopMost\|mb_SetForeground "This ${thing} requires admin privileges~~, ~~aborting!"~~
	~~Quit~~
	~~${Case} 1062~~
	~~MessageBox mb_IconStop\|mb_TopMost\|mb_SetForeground "Logon service not running~~, ~~aborting!"~~
	~~Quit~~
	~~${Default}~~
	~~MessageBox mb_IconStop\|mb_TopMost\|mb_SetForeground "Unable to elevate , error $0"~~
	~~Quit~~
	~~${EndSwitch}~~

	~~SetShellVarContext all~~
	~~!macroend~~

	~~Function .onInit~~
	~~!insertmacro Init "installer"~~
	~~FunctionEnd~~

	~~Function un.onInit~~
	~~!insertmacro Init "uninstaller"~~
	~~FunctionEnd~~

	~~!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_WELCOME~~
	~~!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY~~
	~~!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_INSTFILES~~
	~~!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN~~
	~~!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN_FUNCTION PageFinishRun~~
	~~!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_FINISH~~

	~~!insertmacro MUI_UNPAGE_CONFIRM~~
	~~!insertmacro MUI_UNPAGE_INSTFILES~~

	~~!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "English"~~


	~~Function PageFinishRun~~
	~~; You would run "$InstDir\MyApp.exe" here but this example has~~ no ~~application to execute...~~
	~~!insertmacro UAC_AsUser_ExecShell "" "$WinDir\notepad.exe" "" "" ""~~
	~~FunctionEnd~~

	~~Section~~
	~~SetOutPath $InstDir~~
	~~# TODO: File "MyApp.exe"~~
	~~WriteUninstaller "$InstDir\Uninstall.exe"~~
	~~SectionEnd~~

	~~Section Uninstall~~
	~~SetOutPath $Temp ; Make sure $InstDir is not the current directory so we can remove it~~
	~~# TODO: Delete "$InstDir\MyApp.exe"~~
	~~Delete "$InstDir\Uninstall.exe"~~
	~~RMDir "$InstDir"~~
	~~SectionEnd~~
	~~</highlight-nsis>~~

	~~==Important Notes==~~
	~~# If you need to use the UAC plugin for the uninstaller as well, you will need to initalize the UAC plugin for the uninstaller, such as through un.onInit.~~
	# The outer/user process does not display any output as to what occurred. For example, if you have the outer/user process create a shortcut, and it fails, the inner/admin process currently visible will not display anything to indicate that a problem occurred. This is because the outer/user process does not yet communicate back to the inner/admin process.
	# When a standard or limited user supplies administrator information into the Run As dialog, you may experience permissions trouble with any extracted file. For example, if a Windows 2000 standard user supplies administrator info into the Run As dialog, and the NSIS installer extracts an .exe file, then trying to call that .exe through an Exec can fail. If this is a ~~problem~~, ~~you will want to use the [[AccessControl_plug-in\|AccessControl plug-in]].~~

Anders at 20:21, 15 May 2013

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