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Determining If an MSI Install Is Running with Administrative Privileges

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This article describes how to determine if an MSI install is running with admin privileges.

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This article describes how to determine if an MSI install is running with admin privileges.

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If the install includes a setup.exe, it is possible to always require admin privileges by setting the Required Execution Level setting in the Releases view for the setup. However, if the install is a .msi file, there is no built-in way to do this. Instead, an install condition can be created using the Privileged property to ensure that the install is running in elevated context.

Additional Information

For more information regarding the Privileged property, please refer to the MSDN article Privileged property
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Determining If an MSI Install Is Running with Administrative Privileges