Never mind. Just found in the FAQ that the installer tries to spawn an elevated child instead of using the manifest. So in "setup-x86_64.exe -B" the "-B" switch does the trick.
On 31.08.2021 18:38, ilya Basin wrote: > Hi. > I noticed that despite having: > > <requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker" uiAccess="false"/> > > in setup-x86_64.exe the UAC prompt is not bypassed and when I click Cancel > the program is not started. > > Previously I used the same binary to install Cygwin for "Just me" on a host > where regular users are simply not allowed to trigger a UAC prompt. > > I have downloaded some other software installers and they work as intended: > > cf7_installer.exe > Git-2.33.0-64-bit.exe > pgadmin4-5.6-x64.exe > > The following env var also failed: > > set __COMPAT_LAYER=RunAsInvoker > > Then I tried to un-UPX and remove the manifest with ResHacker and I also > renamed "setup-x86_64.exe" to "putes-x86_64.exe" because I heard that UAC > looks for keyword in .exe name without a manifest, but the resulting binary > still triggers the UAC. > > > Reproducible on: > Windows 10 20-H2 build 19042.746 > Windows 7 sp1 buld 7601 > -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
