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balena-io / etcher

Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.
https://etcher.io/
Apache License 2.0
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How does Etcher NOT need admin on a PC to run? #4262

Open gpscruise opened 2 months ago

gpscruise commented 2 months ago

I am a dick, but desperate...

Most EXE's require admin permissions to use on a work-PC.

Somehow Etcher does not.

How do you achieve that?? Not picking on you, not hacking, just advancing my knowledge.

The EXE's I write, even Windows-Forms require admin elevated privelages to run.

Thanks for any insight!

piyushyadav0191 commented 1 month ago

Etcher might be launching a separate child process with admin rights for writing and then reverting back to a standard user process.

lurch commented 1 month ago

Most EXE's require admin permissions to use on a work-PC.

Might be a question for your company's IT department, as to exactly what they have and haven't locked down.