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com.install4j.api.windows
Class ElevationState

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.install4j.api.windows.ElevationState

public class ElevationState
extends java.lang.Object

Enumeration class for the different elevation states the current process can be in.

Author:
ej-technologies GmbH

Field Summary
static ElevationState ELEVATION_STATE_DEFAULT
          The current process is not limited and not elevated on Vista or higher.
static ElevationState ELEVATION_STATE_FULL
          The current process was elevated and runs with full rights.
static ElevationState ELEVATION_STATE_LIMITED
          The current process runs with limited rights.
static ElevationState ELEVATION_STATE_NOT_APPLICABLE
          All processes on a system with a Windows version previous to Vista.
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.String toString()
           
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

ELEVATION_STATE_NOT_APPLICABLE

public static final ElevationState ELEVATION_STATE_NOT_APPLICABLE
All processes on a system with a Windows version previous to Vista.

ELEVATION_STATE_DEFAULT

public static final ElevationState ELEVATION_STATE_DEFAULT
The current process is not limited and not elevated on Vista or higher. This can be a process of a non-admin user, or of an admin user when UAC is turned off. You can differentiate between those two with Util.hasFullAdminRights().

ELEVATION_STATE_LIMITED

public static final ElevationState ELEVATION_STATE_LIMITED
The current process runs with limited rights. UAC is turned on.

ELEVATION_STATE_FULL

public static final ElevationState ELEVATION_STATE_FULL
The current process was elevated and runs with full rights. UAC is turned on.

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()
Overrides:
toString in class java.lang.Object