wyUpdate fails due to not raising to admin

Hello folks,on my Windows 7 (Professional) development machine, wyUpdate failed every time I tried to install an update with a (german) error about my account not having the "SeSecurityPrivilege".When I ran the updater as admin by right-clicking it, it worked.For testing, the files to be updated were located in a folder on my desktop.Looking through the code, i found the NeedElevationToUpdate() function and commented out this part:

// if only updating local user files, no elevation is needed//if (OnlyUpdatingLocalUser()) //return false;

now the installer asks for elevation and the update succeeds. I got no idea why I would need special rights to update files on my desktop, but I did. Maybe you guys can figure it out?

Regards,Lucas

I'm going to check into this. I'll get back to you soon.

I forgot to mention: setting the ACL seems to be what is giving the error.

We've found the problem and we'll try to have a fix out by Friday.

Thanks for spotting this, Lucas.

This has been fixed in wyBuild 2.5.17. Thanks again for finding this bug, Lucas.

Thanks Wyatt,wyUpdate updated itself and was then able to successfully update the application as well.Good job!

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