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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-7645

QProcess::startDetached cannot start process that requires elevated privileges in Windows Vista and 7

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Done
    • P3: Somewhat important
    • 5.6.1
    • 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 5.6.0
    • Core: I/O
    • ab83912c7900805987f7efe38cee2c60baf5f315 (qtbase/5.6, 23.4.2016, 5.6.1)

    Description

      It is impossible to start a process like application installer from Qt application using QProcess, if the process requires elevated privileges (UAC). To automatically update an application installed in e.g. Program Files, an application needs to use <windows.h> - code, or another application like cmd.exe.

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          Friedemann Kleint
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        154686,5 Windows/QProcess::startDetached(): Fall back to ShellExecuteEx() for UAC prompt. 5.6 qt/qtbase Status: MERGED -2 0

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            kleint Friedemann Kleint
            bigcat2009 Thomas M.
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