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DirRemove vs. Program Files


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I can't get DirRemove to delete a folder under Program Files/ even with the recurse set to 1 when running the script as non-admin. Is there some workaround to delete a folder under Program Files without having admin rights?

When I install my program a folder is installed with presets with the program in Program Files/Myprogram. Then I copy/move the preset folder to the appdata folder, where the presets can be edited and saved to the appdata folder, but I need to be able to remove the Program Files/Myprogram/presets folder to be deleted afterwards, so the presets in the appdata folder won't be overwritten each time the program is run. If dirs cant be removed from Program Files do anyone have a better idea on how to solve this problem working with editable presets in spite for the Windows restrictions?

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You can use #RequireAdmin in your script to force the requirement to have admin access to run your script.

Or use IsAdmin() to tell if you have admin and warn a user before trying to do something that is not possible, in the case you don't want to force the requirement for admin

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Well you won't be doing anything in "Program Files" without admin period. At least as far as copying/moving/writing etc. If you want the main script to not need admin, yet still perform operations inside Program Files, you will need to package a script inside your main script which would use the same exe as the original script that would require admin access to perform those specific "admin requiring" tasks.

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Under UAC in Windows Vista+ you need admin rights to delete a folder in Program Files. I'm not sure if turning off UAC will help or not, but you can try it.

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