Is there a way to run the InstallShield IDE without elevating the privileges under Vista and Windows 7? Main reasons that we wish to run "as invoker" and not "as administrator": 1. Security - InstallShield development environment connects to the internet and if it is compromised, a hacker would be given full control of the machine. (Microsoft mitigated this by having Internet Explorer run in Low integrity mode) 2. Testing - When a developer tests their installation package it should be with the UAC dialogs. Pressing the "Run" button in the tool bar bypasses this since the IDE is already elevated. (work around for this is to open the Release folder and run the installer there) 3. Usability - Every time the IDE is launched we need to go through the UAC sequence. Turning off UAC on our machines is not acceptable.. see poits 1 and 2 This comment was first made in IS2008 beta: http://community.flexerasoftware.com/showthread.php?t=167675 Things like COM extraction can be isolated, where only that action requires elevation. (or even better - use Registry redirection to a non-admin location for the purpose of extracting the information) ... View more