Windows Vista and Windows 7 automatically identify installer executables, including NSIS installers, and ask the user permission to run them with elevated privileges. Automatic detection, however,
comes with the price of automatic backward compatibility tricks. One of which is automatic relocation of shortcuts created in the Start Menu to the All Users' Start Menu.
To workaround this, use the new RequestExecutionLevel command or create the shortcuts in All Users' folders in the first place, using SetShellVarContext.
OutFile vista.exe Name Vista RequestExecutionLevel user Section CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\Vista Test" CreateShortcut "$SMPROGRAMS\Vista Test\hello.lnk" $WINDIR\notepad.exe WriteUninstaller $EXEDIR\uninst.exe SectionEnd Section uninstall Delete "$SMPROGRAMS\Vista Test\hello.lnk" RMDir "$SMPROGRAMS\Vista Test" SectionEnd
OutFile vista.exe Name Vista RequestExecutionLevel admin #NOTE: You still need to check user rights with UserInfo! Function .onInit #TODO: call UserInfo plugin to make sure user is admin FunctionEnd Section SetShellVarContext all CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\Vista Test" CreateShortcut "$SMPROGRAMS\Vista Test\hello.lnk" $WINDIR\notepad.exe WriteUninstaller $EXEDIR\uninst.exe SectionEnd Section uninstall SetShellVarContext all Delete "$SMPROGRAMS\Vista Test\hello.lnk" RMDir "$SMPROGRAMS\Vista Test" SectionEnd