Possibility to set ExecutionLevel for nsis portable

[marqu3z]

Hi, right now it is not possible to distribute portable app that needs admin privilege.
The only way is monkeypatching the portable template here: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/master/packages/electron-builder/templates/nsis/portable.nsi#L5

As far as i see it is not even possible to use a custom script for portable app because if the target is portable the script option will not be considered.
https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/master/packages/electron-builder/src/targets/nsis.ts#L178

Is this something that could be fixed or is there another way i'm not aware of?

[develar]

Hmm... Interesting. Are you sure that your app needs admin privilege for all run time? I strongly recommend you to use UAC when admin rights is required. Please see https://github.com/automation-stack/electron-sudo

[marqu3z]

Hi @develar
Yes we deeply investigated the alternatives.
In our case the app needs to change networks settings and restore them, and it can happen multiple times.
Using electron-sudo, every time the app needs to execute one of those network command the password prompt will show up.
This cause a very confusing and bad user experience, so we decided to drastically make the app run on each platform with admin privilege.
While for the other platform is a bit trickier because we had to patch the app after packing, for windows it seems just a matter of an option.

[develar]

Solution: executionLevel option for portable.

You can expect it in 2 days.

[marqu3z]

awesome, thank you for the quick support.