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kskarun · 06-18-2009

I have 2 applications written in Delphi. The first exe (with a user interface) calls another using ShellExecuteEx(), which runs as a background process.

When the first exe invokes the second, one of these two things happen:

1. When I log in as an admin, a UAC dialog comes up with the Allow/Cancel prompts. Selecting Allow continues the execution.

2. If I log in as non-admin, an admin credentials dialog box is displayed, and I need to enter the admin username/password to continue.

On both occasions, I want the second exe to run without any user intervention. How can I make it possible?

And yes, I tried applying the ElevateCreateProcess mitigation as suggested by SUA tool, but it doesn't seem to work - the behavior is as before.

Thanks for your help.

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kskarun Vista Enterprise 1 posts	Can an EXE bypass user confirmation while invoking another EXE? I have 2 applications written in Delphi. The first exe (with a user interface) calls another using ShellExecuteEx(), which runs as a background process. When the first exe invokes the second, one of these two things happen: 1. When I log in as an admin, a UAC dialog comes up with the Allow/Cancel prompts. Selecting Allow continues the execution. 2. If I log in as non-admin, an admin credentials dialog box is displayed, and I need to enter the admin username/password to continue. On both occasions, I want the second exe to run without any user intervention. How can I make it possible? And yes, I tried applying the ElevateCreateProcess mitigation as suggested by SUA tool, but it doesn't seem to work - the behavior is as before. Thanks for your help.
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