A Node.js utility to convert Windows executables to run as administrator by modifying their manifest files. Useful for packaging or distributing apps that require elevated privileges.
A Node.js utility to convert Windows executables to run as administrator by modifying their manifest files. Useful for packaging or distributing apps that require elevated privileges.
.exe to request administrator privilegesnpm install -g admin-exe
admin-exe <path-to-exe>
This will update the specified executable to always request admin rights on launch.
const { convertToRunAsAdmin } = require('admin-exe');
convertToRunAsAdmin('path/to/your.exe');
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A Node.js utility to convert Windows executables to run as administrator by modifying their manifest files. Useful for packaging or distributing apps that require elevated privileges.
The npm package admin-exe receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, admin-exe popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that admin-exe demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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