The Win32 Security Management functions provide the capability to create a restricted token with normal user rights; with the token, you can call CreateProcessAsUser to run the process with that token. Below is a proof of concept that runs cmd.exe as a normal user, regardless of whether the process is run in an elevated context. … Read more
This code puts the above all together and restarts the current wpf app with admin privs: if (IsAdministrator() == false) { // Restart program and run as admin var exeName = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName; ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(exeName); startInfo.Verb = “runas”; System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(startInfo); Application.Current.Shutdown(); return; } private static bool IsAdministrator() { WindowsIdentity identity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent(); WindowsPrincipal principal … Read more