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@@ -426,6 +426,13 @@ built-in functions in the installation script.
also the configuration. For details refer to Microsoft's documentation of the
:cfunc:`SHGetSpecialFolderPath` function.
+Vista User Access Control (UAC)
+===============================
+
+Starting with Python 2.6, bdist_wininst supports a :option:`--user-access-control`
+option. The default is 'none' (meaning no UAC handling is done), and other
+valid values are 'auto' (meaning prompt for UAC elevation if Python was
+installed for all users) and 'force' (meaning always prompt for elevation)
.. function:: create_shortcut(target, description, filename[, arguments[, workdir[, iconpath[, iconindex]]]])
@@ -437,5 +444,3 @@ built-in functions in the installation script.
and *iconindex* is the index of the icon in the file *iconpath*. Again, for
details consult the Microsoft documentation for the :class:`IShellLink`
interface.
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