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Fix for issue9118 - wrong elevation detection for non-admin accounts with UAC disabled - #649

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Fix for issue: wixtoolset/issues#9118
When user is not in admin group and UAC is disabled, wix may wrongly detect process as elevated

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PS. I also created a fix for 4.0.7., but seems you're not using branches, so not sure how to create PR for that. It shows me all missed commits
https://github.com/svg2003/wix/tree/issue9118-v407

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I have read the CLA Document and I hereby sign the CLA

wixbot added a commit to wixtoolset/.github that referenced this pull request Jul 10, 2025
@robmen robmen self-assigned this Oct 8, 2025
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This is a problem, but this is not the correct fix for it. I've taken the issue in WiX v7 and should have a correct fix.

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