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Are processes launched by elevated processes themselves elevated?

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Mar 15, 20264548 views
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I have a program that launches a browser window when a user performs certain actions. My program requires Administrator access (i.e. must be launched via "Run as Administrator" or have requestedElevationLevel set to requireAdministrator in its manifest file in Vista or Win7). I am worried that the …

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UAC can be a rather complex concept to wrap your head around. Generally speaking, a child process inherits its access token from the parent process. However, this only occurs if both processes have the same : Each application that requires the admin…

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