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What's the different to the IDE setting?

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[He B TeMy]

So much fail in the code.

Return in the catch block? why? lol
And why it's on a Try block ? Why not check if the file exists first? since it's running, it will exist...
Why put shellexecute = true when it's default?
Why you didn't use Application.ExecutablePath instead of reflection crap?
Why you didn't use Application.StartupPath instead of CurrentDirectory?

[He B TeMy]

Because this code is really really old and I just found it on my HardDrive. thought I could share it as it is nothing ub3r mega private but it's not posted here.

And the difference to the IDE Settings is just, that you can elevate on button press or just when you need it :)

What IDE settings ? Do you even have a clue what the code does?

[Easi--]

It does not work...

I've tried the following:

Code

Private Sub aa()
      Dim wp = New WindowsPrincipal(WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent())
      If wp.IsInRole(WindowsBuiltInRole.Administrator) Then
      MessageBox.Show("Admin!")
      Else
      MessageBox.Show("Other User")
      End If
    End Sub

OS is Win 8.1.

Returns "Other User" although I have administrator rights.

[He B TeMy]

It does not work...

I've tried the following:

Code

Private Sub aa()
      Dim wp = New WindowsPrincipal(WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent())
      If wp.IsInRole(WindowsBuiltInRole.Administrator) Then
      MessageBox.Show("Admin!")
      Else
      MessageBox.Show("Other User")
      End If
    End Sub

OS is Win 8.1.

Returns "Other User" although I have administrator rights.

That code doesn't check if the current account logged to windows has admin privileges, that checks if your application has them.