[DUG] Windows 7 Delphi 2007

[Ross Levis]

I have an app that modifies the Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry for auto
starting, and I just checked whether the app was loading elevated, and it's
not.  I can tell because drag & drop from explorer doesn't work when
elevated.

Does this mean that all apps sitting in the Startup folder are automatically
elevated without any prompting?  That sounds like a security risk to me.

Ross.

-----Original Message-----
From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On
Behalf Of John Bird
Sent: Thursday, 17 June 2010 3:28 a.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] Windows 7 Delphi 2007

Program not able to change its taskbar icon update - the program concerned 
was being autostarted on login (ie there was a shortcut to it in the Startup

folder).

Windows 7 introduces some disabling of startup features if they require 
elevation - changing the icon might be one of these.  I have realised that 
if the program is run normally (not from startup)  It can change its own 
icon OK.

This makes a bit more sense, but is still a bit of an oddity - for instance 
Windows Live Mail (Windows 7 mail program) changes its icon when new mail 
arrives - that implies that this notification is likely to fail to show if 
Windows  Live Mail is started from the Startup folder....I might experiment 
with that, but so far I have not needed to restart Windows 7 often so it 
might be a while :)


John
 


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