Windows 7 Elevated app is unable to open DLL or INI

[YTSJim]

Hi all,

have been using the following code in Vista & Prerelease win7 machines, and it worked well.

#Region IsAdmin
If Not IsAdmin() Then
    If _IsAdministrator() Then
        If @Compiled Then
            TraySetState(2)
            ShellExecuteWait(@AutoItExe, "", "", "runas")
            ;           MsgBox(64, "", "IsAdmin() = " & IsAdmin())
            Exit
        Else
            TraySetState(2)
            ShellExecuteWait(@AutoItExe, ' /AutoIt3ExecuteScript "' & @ScriptFullPath & '"', "", "runas")
            ;           MsgBox(64, "", "IsAdmin() = " & IsAdmin())
            Exit
        EndIf
    EndIf
EndIf
#EndRegion IsAdmin

Func _IsAdministrator($sUser = @UserName, $sCompName = ".")
    Local $aCall = DllCall("netapi32.dll", "long", "NetUserGetInfo", "wstr", $sCompName, "wstr", $sUser, "dword", 1, "ptr*", 0)
    If @error Or $aCall[0] Then Return SetError(1, 0, False)
    Local $fPrivAdmin = DllStructGetData(DllStructCreate("ptr;ptr;dword;dword;ptr;ptr;dword;ptr", $aCall[4]), 4) = 2
    DllCall("netapi32.dll", "long", "NetApiBufferFree", "ptr", $aCall[4])
    Return $fPrivAdmin
EndFunc   ;==>_IsAdministrator

But i recently got a win_7 lapyop and installed the lateset autoit & Scite, and i now have the following problems:

When running scripts with the above code (and a admin account), the scripts elevates and then opening dlls fails, and reading INI files fails also.

When running scripts WITHOUT the above code (no admin account), then opening dlls works, and reading INI files works also.

is there anyway to read the user files once the process is elevated ?

i am trying to the app to run as admin if the user is admin, and run as user if not (which is working), but its painful that the files are unable to be read when running elevated ...

[YTSJim]

Im sure the above has been asked previously in this forum, but hours of searching have not lead me to the correct answer ... TIA for any responses

[AdmiralAlkex]

If you have a problem reading ini-files or calling dll-files then post a reproducer (fully working example) that does just that. The only dll/ini stuff here is _IsAdministrator() which I doubt you have a problem with.

We can't help you if you give us nothing to work on, we are not mind-readers.

[trancexx]

Yea, we are the Borg.

[AdmiralAlkex]

Lower your shields and surrender your ships.