Display UAC shield icon on a ToolStripItem

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Published on 2010-04-25T17:55:13Z Indexed on 2010/04/25 18:03 UTC
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Hi,

is there a recommended way (like sending BCM_SETSHIELD to a button control) to display the UAC Shield icon on a ToolStripItem? ToolStripItem is not a control anyway, so i wonder what the best-practise for that is.

Thanks.

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