I'm a programmer not an admin. I significantly modified an old program written in 1997 to run under Windows XP ~7 years ago. At that time, I rewrote in VC++ 2005. The local production network has been updated to Win7. Program updated to VC++ 2010.
Problem: Program runs in new environment but only if user has admin privileges. Without, needed files cannot be accessed. Attempted Fix has been to give user group access to the needed files. Users can access the files "by hand" but program still fails.
Is there a way to give the application admin privileges so that it can access the files?
Not acceptable is allowing users to run as admin. We have to operate under DoD constraints. Is there something I as the guy working on the application can do? If not, what is the solution?