[python-win32] Check if user has windows administrator

[Mark Hammond]

I should have been clearer - I need to come up with a way of integrating
that into distutils somehow.  I could make a local patch, but that is error
prone and makes it hard for others to reproduce my builds.  Having said that
though, it is possible I will do exactly that if it starts truly holding me
up.

Mark


Original message:
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From: Simon Dahlbacka [mailto:simon.dahlbacka at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 15 January 2008 6:29 PM
To: Mark Hammond
Cc: cappy2112 at gmail.com; python-win32 at python.org; graemeglass at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [python-win32] Check if user has windows administrator


Oh - and also how to either (a) force bdist_wininst executables to request
elevation or (b) have the .msi generation be smarter wrt upgrading so 
installation is reasonable on Vista.  Does anyone here have bdist_msi
experience?

For a), it should work by adding a manifest like this 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
  <assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" 
      processorArchitecture="X86"

      name="MyProjectName"
      type="win32" />
  <description>MyProjectDescription</description>
  <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">

    <security>
      <requestedPrivileges>
        <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" />
      </requestedPrivileges>
    </security>
  </trustInfo>

</assembly>

"$(DevEnvDir)..\..\Common7\Tools\Bin\mt.exe" -manifest
"$(ProjectDir)$(TargetName).exe.manifest"
–outputresource:"$(TargetDir)$(TargetFileName)";#1