vb6 - run _self as admin

[noc_Trix]

Hey y'all

My stress levels are soaring with this problem that I have been trying to find a solution to for the last week or so!...lol

I've created an ActiveX control that calls some .dll functions. These functions perform system checks that require local admin privileges and read/writes data to files. I have tried using the CreateProcessWithLogonW function to start the calling app with admin priv's, but this seems to accomodate only starting another process in the context of admin.

What I really need to do is to start the initial app with admin privileges, NOT another instance of this or another app.

I would be extremely grateful if anyone has any quality advice on how/if this can be achived with VB6/API ?

yours most grovellingly

noc_trix