Non-manifest UAC elevation

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -401,10 +401,6 @@ set(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH "bin")
 
 target_link_libraries(xmr-stak ${LIBS} xmr-stak-c xmr-stak-backend)
 
-if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC")
-    set_property(TARGET xmr-stak PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS "/level='requireAdministrator' /uiAccess='false'")
-endif()
-
 ################################################################################
 # Install
 ################################################################################

xmrstak/cli/cli-miner.cpp

@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@
 #include "xmrstak/version.hpp"
 
 #ifndef CONF_NO_HTTPD
-#	include "xmrstak/http//httpd.hpp"
+#	include "xmrstak/http/httpd.hpp"
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#	include "xmrstak/misc/uac.hpp"
 #endif
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -88,6 +92,11 @@ void help()
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	if (!IsElevated() && SelfElevate(argv[0]))
+		return 0;
+#endif
+
 #ifndef CONF_NO_TLS
 	SSL_library_init();
 	SSL_load_error_strings();

xmrstak/misc/uac.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <windows.h>
+
+BOOL IsElevated() 
+{
+	BOOL fRet = FALSE;
+	HANDLE hToken = NULL;
+	if (OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_QUERY, &hToken)) 
+	{
+		TOKEN_ELEVATION Elevation;
+		DWORD cbSize = sizeof(TOKEN_ELEVATION);
+		if (GetTokenInformation(hToken, TokenElevation, &Elevation, sizeof(Elevation), &cbSize))
+			fRet = Elevation.TokenIsElevated;
+	}
+	if (hToken)
+		CloseHandle(hToken);
+	return fRet;
+}
+
+BOOL SelfElevate(const char* my_path)
+{
+	if (IsElevated())
+		return FALSE;
+
+	SHELLEXECUTEINFO shExecInfo = { 0 };
+	shExecInfo.cbSize = sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFO);
+	shExecInfo.fMask = NULL;
+	shExecInfo.hwnd = NULL;
+	shExecInfo.lpVerb = "runas";
+	shExecInfo.lpFile = my_path;
+	shExecInfo.lpParameters = NULL;
+	shExecInfo.lpDirectory = NULL;
+	shExecInfo.nShow = SW_SHOW;
+	shExecInfo.hInstApp = NULL;
+
+	if (!ShellExecuteEx(&shExecInfo))
+		return FALSE;
+
+	// Hide our window and loiter in the background to make scripting easier
+	// ShowWindow(GetConsoleWindow(), SW_HIDE);
+	// WaitForSingleObject(shExecInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
+
+	return TRUE;
+}