I have a VB application that creates project folders on a network drive and I want any user who runs the application to be able to create the folders but the root folder permissions don't allow users to do anyhting besides read access. Is there a way to have the code for creating the folder to be run as administrator if i have the administrator credentials?
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Jump to PostYou do not want users to be able to create folders in areas requiring admin credentials. That would defeat the purpose of setting up access rights in the first place. The app should not have admin credentials buried in it. If folders have to be created by the users it …
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