Hi all,

Got a question about Windows Vista...
I've written a device detection on Windows XP (using devcon.exe), where it works fine.
When I try to port it to Windows Vista, the UAC comes popping up all the time (since I call devcon.exe several times in order to detect the device needed).
(Due to the working principles of devcon.exe, I have to call it several times)

Is it possible to (programmatorically) disable UAC?
Or, to elevate the user rights in such a way that UAC only asks once for authentication?

Thanks in advance.

I did notice that WMI can be ran on Windows Vista with lowest user right, whithout UAC complaining. Unfortunately, I have to rewrite everything if I want to use WMI in stead of devcon.exe. That's why I'm trying to get devcon.exe up and running in this way.

In reply to (OT) Windows Vista UAC by jschollen

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