C# Add-In registration for EA with admin privileges

[vrieg]

Hello,

I am working on a C# add-in for EA. Right now, I was using EA without admin rights, but another Add-In requires opening EA with admin rights.

Therefore, I would like to register my own C# addin for EA usage with admin privileges.
Does anyone know what would be required to do?

Right now I have,:
private bool register(Type type)
{
   bool isAlreadyRegistered = isAlreadyRegisteredInHKCR(type);
      
   if (!isAlreadyRegistered && isComVisible(type))
   {
      
      // software classes
      RegistryKey controlKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(@"Software\Classes\" + type.FullName);
      controlKey.SetValue(string.Empty,type.FullName);
      RegistryKey clsidKey = controlKey.CreateSubKey("CLSID");
      clsidKey.SetValue(string.Empty,type.GUID.ToString("B"));
      
      //CLSID
      RegistryKey classKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(@"Software\Classes\CLSID\" + type.GUID.ToString("B"));
      classKey.SetValue(string.Empty,type.FullName);
      
      //implemented category
      Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(@"Software\Classes\CLSID\" + type.GUID.ToString("B") + @"\Implemented Categories");
      Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(@"Software\Classes\CLSID\" + type.GUID.ToString("B") + @"\Implemented Categories\{62C8FE65-4EBB-45e7-B440-6E39B2CDBF29}");
      
      //inprocerver
      RegistryKey inprocKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(@"Software\Classes\CLSID\" + type.GUID.ToString("B") + @"\InprocServer32");
      inprocKey.SetValue(string.Empty,"mscoree.dll"); //hardcoded
      inprocKey.SetValue("ThreadingModel","Both"); //hardcoded?
      inprocKey.SetValue("Class",type.FullName);
      inprocKey.SetValue("Assembly",type.Assembly.FullName);
      inprocKey.SetValue("RuntimeVersion",type.Assembly.ImageRuntimeVersion);
      inprocKey.SetValue("CodeBase",type.Assembly.EscapedCodeBase);
      
      //version
      RegistryKey versionKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(@"Software\Classes\CLSID\" + type.GUID.ToString("B") + @"\InprocServer32\" + type.Assembly.GetName().Version);
      versionKey.SetValue("Class",type.FullName);
      versionKey.SetValue("Assembly",type.Assembly.FullName);
      versionKey.SetValue("RuntimeVersion",type.Assembly.ImageRuntimeVersion);
      versionKey.SetValue("CodeBase",type.Assembly.EscapedCodeBase);
   
      //ProgID
      RegistryKey progIdkey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(@"Software\Classes\CLSID\" + type.GUID.ToString("B") + @"\ProgId");
      progIdkey.SetValue(string.Empty,type.FullName);
   }
   return isAlreadyRegistered;
}

Starting EA with admin rights seams not to perform registration during Visual Studio Build

[Geert Bellekens]

I don't really understand why you would want to do it manually like that. Visual Studio will do all that for you if you set the correct checkbox.

Also if you register your add-in on the HKLM it will work for both the regular as admin user.

For an installer I use Wix

Geert

[vrieg]

ah my fault i did a mistake in setting the checkbox. thanks for the hint