Check if elevated

before running install/uninstall from menu

Author: LostSoulfly

MiningService-GUI/FormMain.cs

@@ -311,6 +311,13 @@ private void stopServiceToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 
         private void uninstallServiceToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
+
+            if (!Utilities.IsAdministrator())
+            {
+                MessageBox.Show("You must run the GUI with Admin rights to do this.");
+                return;
+            }
+
             if (!File.Exists("MiningService.exe"))
             {
                 MessageBox.Show("MiningService was not found in this directory.", "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK);
@@ -321,6 +328,13 @@ private void uninstallServiceToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 
         private void installServiceToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
+
+            if (!Utilities.IsAdministrator())
+            {
+                MessageBox.Show("You must run the GUI with Admin rights to do this.");
+                return;
+            }
+
             if (!File.Exists("MiningService.exe"))
             {
                 MessageBox.Show("MiningService was not found in this directory.", "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK);

MiningService-GUI/Utilities.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Security.Principal;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
@@ -47,5 +48,12 @@ public static DialogResult ShowInputDialog(ref string input, string title)
             input = textBox.Text;
             return result;
         }
+
+        public static bool IsAdministrator()
+        {
+            var identity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
+            var principal = new WindowsPrincipal(identity);
+            return principal.IsInRole(WindowsBuiltInRole.Administrator);
+        }
     }
 }