Added an MSI Installer to set up ClickPaste in \Program Files, so it can take advantage of UIAccess and not have to run as UAC to touch elevated windows. Also handy way to specify which startup/shortcut behavior is desired.

Updated README.md to refer to the installer.
Updated LICENSE copyright.

Author: Greg

ClickPaste.sln

@@ -1,20 +1,56 @@
 
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LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 BSD 3-Clause License
 
-Copyright (c) 2020, Collective-Software
+Copyright (c) 2026, Collective Software LLC
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without

Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@
 // You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 // [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.4.2.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.4.2.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.4.3.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.4.3.0")]

README.md

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ Windows 10/11 notification area app in C# that can paste clipboard contents as k
 
 ## Starting
 
-* Launch ClickPaste.exe, or put it in your Startup folder.
-* (Running as UAC administrator is _no longer needed_ in order to access UAC-elevated processes, because from v1.4.3 onward we set "UIAccess=true" in the application manifest.)
+* You can install ClickPaste using the MSI installer or get the portable ZIP from the [Releases page](../../releases/latest)
+* Note that in order to paste to UAC-elevated processes, Microsoft requires the ClickPaste binary to be run from the system drive's "Program Files" folder. 
+(The easiest way to achieve that is to use the MSI installer.)
+* Launch ClickPaste from a shortcut or by double-clicking ClickPaste.exe.
 
 ## Usage
 

Setup/ClickPaste-Setup.wixproj

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<Project Sdk="WixToolset.Sdk/7.0.0">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <AcceptEula>wix7</AcceptEula>
+    <SuppressSpecificWarnings>1118</SuppressSpecificWarnings>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="UI_Back.wxi" />
+    <Content Include="UI_Next.wxi" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="FireGiant.HeatWave.BuildTools.wixext" Version="7.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="WixToolset.UI.wixext" Version="7.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="WixToolset.Util.wixext" Version="7.0.0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\ClickPaste.csproj"  />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Target Name="PostBuild" AfterTargets="PostBuildEvent">
+    <Exec Command="call $(SolutionDir)\sign.bat $(TargetPath)" />
+  </Target>
+</Project>