.NET Framework - administrator required when using VS2008

Asked By Pascal Cloup

12-Nov-09 11:43 AM

Hi,

I updated the project of a .net application from vs2005 to cs2008.

there is no change on the project itself. But under vista, the generated
vs2008 app requires to run as administrator so that all its functions work
correctly;
this is not the case for the app generated with vs2005!
I can change the manifest so that the app always runs as administrator, but
vista always asks to the user if he accepts to run the app in this way.


Someone can explain this and indicate a solution so that the behavior of a
vs2008 generated app is the the same as a the one generated with vs2005?


thanks in advance,
Pascal

12-Nov-09 02:03 PM

So you are saying that the same project built with VS2005 does not
require administrator privileges, while when built with VS2008 it
does?

What sort of project is it? C#, native C++ ?

What aspect of the application (built with VS2008) requires it to be
run as administrator?

Dave

12-Nov-09 02:35 PM

exactly. And under VS2008, the app runs correctly only with the debug
version with debugger.
C# project with reference to C++ managed dll that makes interop to C++ non
managed dll


the previous interops do not work correctly (the C++ non managed dll is the
same)

Any idea?

Pascal

12-Nov-09 04:27 PM

Why does not the release build work?

It sounds to me as though you may actually have long standing issues
that have somehow remained hidden.


You'll need to do some debugging to be more specific about what
precisely is not right.

Dave

13-Nov-09 10:21 AM

no i do not think. vs2005 build runs fine on XP&vista, vs2008 build runs fine
on xp and on vista but only as adminitrator. It seems to be an issue with
vs2008 or vista+vs2008.

What differences can exist between vs2005 build and vs2008 build for C#/.net
2.0?

yes, i will investigate

Pascal

13-Nov-09 11:33 AM

None - that I know of!

Let us know when you have got closer to the problem.

Dave