#320: cooperation with Windows Vista's User Access Control ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: Toxaris | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.4.0.1 Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: Windows ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Comment (by eipi): It seems the most convenient solution for elevating a process using win32 would be to run that process through ShellExecuteEx. The trick is that a new verb can be used in the SHELLEXECUTEINFO struct (field "lpVerb"), setting it with value "runas". If started in this way, the process will display the UAC dialog for authorization instead of failing. So for Cabal, it seems the copy and dir creation could be handled by spawning a new process using the win32 API as descibed above. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/320#comment:2 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects