Mouse Without Borders: create received files in the logged-on user's context#48769
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…context When the service runs elevated, the destination folder for an incoming clipboard/file transfer is created while impersonating the logged-on user, but the file itself was created outside that context. This makes the resulting file ownership/permissions inconsistent with the folder. Create the file in the same impersonated context as its folder so it is owned by the logged-on user and inherits the folder's permissions. On the logon/screen-saver desktop the storage lives under Program Files where there is no interactive user to impersonate, so the file is still created directly to preserve existing behavior. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Summary
When Mouse Without Borders receives a file (clipboard / file transfer) while the
service is running elevated, the destination folder is created while impersonating
the logged-on user, but the file itself was created outside of that context. As a
result, the received file's ownership and permissions did not match the folder it
lives in.
This change creates the received file in the same context as its destination folder:
the logged-on user, so it is owned by that user and inherits the folder's
permissions.
Program Files, wherethere is no interactive user to impersonate, so the file continues to be created
directly — existing behavior is preserved.
Scope
src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Core/Clipboard.cs.Launch.ImpersonateLoggedOnUserAndDoSomethinghelper; no newdependencies, no API / IPC / schema changes.
and only for the per-user storage path. The
Program Filespath keeps its currentbehavior.
Validation
MouseWithoutBorders.csproj(Release | x64) — succeeds (exit code 0).