Fallback to run as admin after install, if running PT as user not possible #16089
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| restart_same_elevation(); | ||
| result = -1; | ||
| Logger::warn("Scheduled restart failed. Trying restart as admin as fallback..."); | ||
| restart_elevated(); |
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Why are trying to restart elevated? Seems strange that it would work for the issue people are having. How about doing a debug build to verify this.
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I tested it locally. The issue can easily be reproduced if you just try to install PowerToys on non-admin user.
The issue is happening because how we're trying to run non-elevated from elevated admin owned process. So we try to run non-elevated, if it fails, run elevated as it was working before.
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Co-authored-by: Andrey Nekrasov <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Andrey Nekrasov <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Andrey Nekrasov <[email protected]>
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