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Jun 23, 2010

My app needs admin privileges to install because it has to install a font. In InstallShield 12, the following worked fine (this is a short version of a helpful message that tells them exactly what to do):if (Is(USER_INADMINGROUP,"") = FALSE) then ...

Jun 23, 2010

You're a life-saver! This works! Exactly what I needed, and in time to put it on the CD master too. Many, many, many thanks.As for the message--no that's not the real message. After all, these kids have already picked the wrong choice in the offi...

Jun 23, 2010

Just realized I wasn't specific enough in my last post. On Vista and higher, it DOES indeed work to change the setup.exe setting. My problem is on XP, which is what a lot of the kids are using when they inherit a parent's older computer. I could s...

Jun 23, 2010

I changed the setup.exe properties in the Release to Administrator too, and the non-admin user still gets the same unhelpful message. I thought maybe I wasn't changing the property correctly, so I changed the size of the init dialog as well. The in...

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How to check for admin privileges in InstallScript

Re: How to check for admin privileges in InstallScript

Sorry I wasn't clear!

Yes, it really is a problem