So I’m toying with an auto update feature that I will embed into the little apps I write. Currently I’m testing out how to detect forced manual updates and full local installers, as opposed to just a quick file patch. But in the process I found that I need to advertise myself for elevated privileges with UAC to perform updates on Windows 7. So the code to do this can be found over here! Basically you are modifying your applications manifest, and then checking the level in the app through a function to ensure you have it.