WindowsPrincipal pricipal = new WindowsPrincipal(WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent());bool hasAdministrativeRight = pricipal.IsInRole(WindowsBuiltInRole.Administrator);if (!hasAdministrativeRight){ RunElevated(Application.ExecutablePath); this.Close(); Application.Exit();}private static bool RunElevated(string fileName){ //MessageBox.Show("Run: " + fileName); ProcessStartInfo processInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(); processInfo.Verb = "runas"; processInfo.FileName = fileName; try { Process.Start(processInfo); return true; } catch (Win32Exception) { //Do nothing. Probably the user canceled the UAC window } return false;}