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vainman
vainman

Reputation: 457

How to get Administrator privilege with cmake in windows application?

I want to build a window application that needs administrator privileges with CMake . I try add "/MANIFESTUAC:\"level='requireAdministrator' uiAccess='false'\" /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS" , but it not work

Environment: Windows10

IDE: VS2017

CMAKE : default with VS2017,version 3.12.18081601-MSVC_2

add_executable(MSP_D WIN32 ${MSP_D_SRC} msp_d.rc)

SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(MSP_D PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS    "/MANIFESTUAC:\"level='requireAdministrator' uiAccess='false'\" /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS")

How to solve this ?How to get my purpose? Any suggestion will be appreciated.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4852

Answers (1)

SolidMercury
SolidMercury

Reputation: 1033

You should use something like this. You may need to change subsystem based on your project type.

SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(MSP PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "/MANIFESTUAC:\"level='requireAdministrator' uiAccess='false'\" /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS")

Upvotes: 5

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