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-rw-r--r--src/Common/Dlgcode.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/Common/Dlgcode.c b/src/Common/Dlgcode.c
index d426f02a..b50d429e 100644
--- a/src/Common/Dlgcode.c
+++ b/src/Common/Dlgcode.c
@@ -14313,10 +14313,12 @@ BOOL IsElevated()
// This function always loads a URL in a non-privileged mode
// If current process has admin privileges, we execute the command "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler URL" as non-elevated
-// Use this security mechanism only starting from Windows Vista
+// Use this security mechanism only starting from Windows Vista and only if we can get the window of the Shell's desktop since
+// we rely on the Shell to be already running in a non-privileges mode. If the Shell is not running or if it has been modified,
+// then we can't protect the user in such non standard environment
void SafeOpenURL (LPCWSTR szUrl)
{
- if (IsOSAtLeast (WIN_VISTA) && IsAdmin () && IsElevated())
+ if (IsOSAtLeast (WIN_VISTA) && IsAdmin () && IsElevated() && GetShellWindow())
{
WCHAR szRunDllPath[TC_MAX_PATH];
WCHAR szUrlDllPath[TC_MAX_PATH];