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I wrote a WinForms app using .Net and C#. The app accesses DirectoryServices and SQL databases.

The new Win7 workplaces are not allowed to have local admin users and this app will not run.

How can I identify the actions in the app which need local admin rights?

SOLUTION The problem was caused by trying to write to the event log. This was just a nice-to-have so it's gone now. Thanks for the help!

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  • Does it even start up at all? I'd make a dummy app that does nothing but show a form and see if that one runs. Commented May 5, 2010 at 13:35
  • So are you going to at least create an answer to your own question and close it that way? Commented May 5, 2010 at 15:12

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Run the app as a limited user, and check the call stacks of the exceptions you get.

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Not getting that far. Just get 'Program stopped working' message. I do have a try/catch in the main form constructor. This is set as the start object.
Add a catch block in Main() or an Application.ThreadException handler and display or log the exception.
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SOLUTION The problem was caused by trying to write to the event log. This was just a nice-to-have so it's gone now. Thanks for the help!

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