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#2581: Vista UAC/elevation support for bdist_wininst

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Mark Hammond 2008-05-02 12:48:15 +00:00
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@ -426,6 +426,13 @@ built-in functions in the installation script.
also the configuration. For details refer to Microsoft's documentation of the
:cfunc:`SHGetSpecialFolderPath` function.
Vista User Access Control (UAC)
===============================
Starting with Python 2.6, bdist_wininst supports a :option:`--user-access-control`
option. The default is 'none' (meaning no UAC handling is done), and other
valid values are 'auto' (meaning prompt for UAC elevation if Python was
installed for all users) and 'force' (meaning always prompt for elevation)
.. function:: create_shortcut(target, description, filename[, arguments[, workdir[, iconpath[, iconindex]]]])
@ -437,5 +444,3 @@ built-in functions in the installation script.
and *iconindex* is the index of the icon in the file *iconpath*. Again, for
details consult the Microsoft documentation for the :class:`IShellLink`
interface.