Hi all, I've just added this patch which adds basic UAC support to bdist_wininst in a fairly unobtrusive manner. I've added Thomas to the nosy list, but I'd welcome any feedback or concerns from everyone. Thanks, Mark -----Original Message----- From: Mark Hammond [mailto:report@bugs.python.org] Sent: Tuesday, 8 April 2008 12:43 PM To: mhammond@users.sourceforge.net Subject: [issue2581] Vista UAC/elevation support for bdist_wininst New submission from Mark Hammond <mhammond@users.sourceforge.net>: The attached patch adds basic UAC support to bdist_wininst created installers. A new option '--user-access-control' has been added to bdist_wininst, which is written to the INI file read by the installer. The installer reads this value: if it is 'force', elevation is always requested, if it is 'auto', elevation is requested when Python is installed in HKLM. 'none' (the default) means nothing UAC related happens at all. The elevation happens by having the installer re-execute itself using ShellExecute. I've also ensured the code builds for all versions of VS we support. As a result, it was necessary to change the old bdist_wininst project files to point to the later zlib version Python itself uses. All these changes are in the patch. ---------- assignee: mhammond components: Distutils files: bdist_wininst_uac.patch keywords: patch, patch messages: 65139 nosy: mhammond, theller severity: normal status: open title: Vista UAC/elevation support for bdist_wininst type: behavior versions: Python 2.6 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file9978/bdist_wininst_uac.patch __________________________________ Tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue2581> __________________________________