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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=432563900-19012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>I went down the elevated COM DLL route that you mention about
6 months ago, and it works very well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=432563900-19012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=432563900-19012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>There's a post on StackOverflow here (<A
href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/923350/delphi-prompt-for-uac-elevation-when-needed/923551#923551">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/923350/delphi-prompt-for-uac-elevation-when-needed/923551#923551</A>)
that I contributed to that should have the info you need.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=432563900-19012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=432563900-19012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>There's a link to a PDF there that was helpful along with the
link that I posted.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=432563900-19012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=432563900-19012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>I'm busy in training this week, but have a look at the links,
and if you're still having trouble, drop me a line, and I'll see if I can find a
few mins here and there to help.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=432563900-19012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>C.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz
[mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Ross
Levis<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 19 January 2010 1:26 p.m.<BR><B>To:</B> 'NZ
Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DUG] IPC with an
elevated program<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I don’t really
want global shared memory. The reason for the small app is to have the UAC
prompt appear when I need to make changes to the HKLM registry, which is very
rare. There is a standard way to do this but it sounds difficult.
Some sort of DLL needs to be created I believe.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Ross.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz] <B>On Behalf
Of </B>Alan Rose<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 19 January 2010 8:55
a.m.<BR><B>To:</B> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: [DUG] IPC with an elevated program<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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lang=EN-US>If you want to to use shared memory in Vista and above its best to
write a service to create global shared memory that all users can access. The
key here is global shared memory and with the right security bits set. Best to
Google global shared memory for more info.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US>heres one link I found that maybe helpful</SPAN><SPAN
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lang=EN-US><A
href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowssecurity/thread/08e18474-5f8c-4294-a9cf-7ede1ff8ae1f/">http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowssecurity/thread/08e18474-5f8c-4294-a9cf-7ede1ff8ae1f/</A></SPAN><SPAN
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lang=EN-US> >> </SPAN><SPAN
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lang=EN-US>But since Vista SP1 or SP2, Microsoft appears to be preventing shared
memory access between an app with standard privileges and one with
elevated. I’ve been </SPAN><SPAN
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lang=EN-US> </SPAN><SPAN
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lang=EN-US>wondering why some users have been reporting odd problems and this
appears to be it.</SPAN><SPAN
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